You have bee asked to prepare a December cash budget for Ashton Company, a distributor of exercise equipment. The following information is available about the company's operations: a. The cash balance on December 1 is $44,400. b. Actual sales for October and November and expected sales for December are as follows: cash sales Sales on account October November December $ 72,600 $ 86,600 $ 89,000 $ 425,000 $ 601,000 $ 617,000 Sales on account are collected over a three-month period as follows: 20% collected in the month of sale, 60% collected in the month following sale, and 18% collected in the second month following sale. The remaining 2% is uncollectible. C. Purchases of inventory will total $358,000 for December. Thirty percent of a month's inventory purchases are paid during the month of purchase. The accounts payable remaining from Novembers inventory purchases total $207000, all of which will be paid in December d. Selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at $459000 for DecemberOf this amount$64,500 is for depreciation. e. A new web server for the Marketing Department costing $114,000 will be purchased for cash during Decemberand dividends totaling $9,500 will be paid during the month. f. The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $20000. An open line of credit is available from the companys bank to increase its cash balance as needed