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 28,500 units. The company budgets sales of 190,000 units in October. The merchandise cost per unit is $3. Budgeted sales units Units to purchase July 190,000 211,000 August 330,000 321,000 September 270,000 258,000 Prepare the merchandise purchases budgets for the months of July, August, and September. WALKER COMPANY Merchandise Purchases Budget July August September Next period budgeted sales units Ratio of inventory to future sales Total required units Units to purchase Cost per unit Cost of merchandise purchases