Walker Company prepares monthly budgets. Company policy is to end each month with merchandise Inventory equal to 15% of budgeted unit sales for the following month. Budgeted sales and merchandise purchases for the next three months follow. Beginning Inventory on July 1 is 25,500 units. The company budgets sales of 210,000 units in October. The merchandise cost per unit is $3. Budgeted sales units Units to purchase July 170,000 189,500 August 300,000 September 300,000 380,000 286,500 Prepare the merchandise purchases budgets for the months of July, August, and September. WALKER COMPANY Merchandise Purchases Budget Next period budgeted sales units Ratio of inventory to future sales Total required units Units to purchase Cost per unit Cost of merchandise purchases July August September