The company sells many styles of earrings, but all are sold for the same price-$19 per pair. Actual sales of earrings for the last three months and budgeted sales for the next six months follow (in pairs of earrings) 54,000 January (actual) 24,000 June (budget) 34,000 February (actual) 30,000 July (budget) 32,000 March (actual) 44,000 August (budget) 29,000 April (budget) 69,000 September (budget) 104,000 May (budget) The concentration of sales before and during May is due to Mother's Day. Sufficient inventory should be on hand at the end of each month to supply 40% of the earrings sold in the following month. Suppliers are paid $6 for a pair of earrings. One-half of a month's purchases is paid for in the month of purchase, the other half is paid for in the following month. All sales are on credit, with no discount, and payable within 15 days. The company has found, however, that only 20% of a month's sales are collected in the month of sale. An additional 70% is collected in the following month, and the remaining 10% is collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts have been negligible Monthly operating expenses for the company are given below: Variable: 4% of sales Sales commissions Fixed: $400,000 Advertising 38,000 Rent 146,000 Salaries 17,000 Utilities 5,000 Insurance 34,000 Depreciation