You have been 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 $$55,400.$

b$.$ Actual sales for October and November and expected sales for December are as follows:

$\backslash$table$[[,$October,November,December$],[$Cash sales,$$69,400,$$$88,400,$$$96,800$