$($Pro forma accounts receivable balance calculation$)$ Jimmie's micro brewery is located in downtown Ruston, Louisiana in a restored section of the old Ford dealership. Jimmie sells his beer both to retail customers that visit his brewery and also distributes his line of craft beers through M$.$ L$.$ Keith Food Distributors. Jimmie's wholesale distributor purchases his beer on credit which amounts to about $50\%$ of the brewery's total sales. Firm sales were roughly evenly split between credit and cash sales, with $25$ percent of the credit sales collected in the month after the sale and the remainder $2$ months after the sale. Historical and projected sales for the brewing company are given here:

a$.$ Under these circumstances, what should the balance in accounts receivable be at the end of April?

b$.$ How much cash did Jimmie's realize during April from sales and collections?

a$.$ Under these circumstances, what should the balance in accounts receivable be at the end of April?

s $($Round to the nearest dollar.$)$

Data table

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$\backslash$table$[[$MONTH$,$SALES,MONTH,SALES$],[$January$,$$$61,000,$March,$$69,000$