The following accounts are maintained by the Sprague Manufacturing Company in its general ledger: Materials, Work in Process, Factory Overhead, and Accounts Payable. The materials account had a debit balance of $40,000 on November 1 . A summary of material transactions for November shows: (1) Materials purchased on account, $62,000 (2) Direct materials issued, $58,500 (3) Direct materials returned to storeroom, $1,200 (4) Indirect materials issued, $3,600 (5) Indirect materials returned to storeroom, $550 (6) Materials on hand were $200 less than the stores ledger balance 

a. Prepare journal entries to record the materials transactions. 

b. Post the journal entries to T-accounts. 

c. What is the balance of the materials account on November 30?