Paymore places orders for goods equal to $75\%$ of its sales forecast for the next quarter. What will orders be in each quarter of the coming year if the sales in the current quarter are expected to be $$320$ and the sales forecasts for the next five quarters are as follows?

Quarter in Coming Year Following Year First Quarter

First Second Third Fourth

Sales forecast, $ $382357333335394$

Paymore pays for two$-$thirds of the purchases immediately and pays for the remaining purchases in the next quarter. Calculate Paymore$$s cash payments in the coming year.

Paymore$$s customers pay their bills with a two$-$quarter delay. What are the expected cash receipts from sales in the coming year? Assume Paymore began operations in the coming year and so has no sales in periods prior to Q$1.$

Now suppose that Paymore$$s other expenses are $$101$ a quarter. Calculate the expected net cash flow for each quarter in the coming year.

Suppose that Paymore$$s starting cash balance is $$45$ and its minimum acceptable balance is $$27.$ Work out the short$-$term financing requirements for the coming year.