She's A Star, Inc. is a manufacturer that makes one product.It provided the following information to help prepare the master budget for the next four months of operations:

• The budgeted selling price per unit is $62.Budgeted unit sales for June, July, August, and September are 28,400;30,000;33,400;and 36,200 units, respectively.All sales are on credit.
• The ending finished goods inventory equals 15% of the following month's sales.
• The ending raw materials inventory equals 30% of the following month's raw materials production needs.
• Each unit of finished goods requires 8 ounces of raw materials. The raw materials cost $2.00 per ounce.
• The direct labor wage rate is $12.00 per hour. Each unit of finished goods requires 1.5 direct labor-hours.
• Variable manufacturing overhead is $6.00 per direct labor-hour. Fixed manufacturing overhead is zero.

The estimated finished goods inventory balance at the end of August is closest to:

a.$146,448

b.$162,336

c.$193,500

d.$215,430

e.$233,490