You have just been hired as a new management trainee by Earrings U various retail outlets located in shopping malls across the country. In the past, the company little in the way of budgeting and at certain times of the year has experienced a shortage of cash has done very Since you are well trained in budgeting, you have decided to prepare comprehensive budgets for the upcoming second quarter in order to show management the benefits that can be gained from an integrated budgeting program. To this end, you have worked with accounting and other areas to gather the information assembled below. The company sells many styles of earrings, but all are sold for the same price-$16 per pair. Actual sales of earrings for the last three months and budgeted sales for the next six months follow (in pairs of earrings): January (actual) February (actual) March (actual) April (budget) May (budget) 21,200 June (budget) 27,200 July (budget) 41,200 August (budget) 66,200 September (budget)26,200 51,200 31,200 29,200 101,200 The concentration of sales before and during May is due to Mother's Day Sufficient inventory should be on hand at the end of each month to supply 40% of the earrings sold in the following month. Suppliers are paid $4.6 for a pair of earrings. One-half of a month's purchases is paid for in the month of purchase: the other half is paid for in the following month. All sales are on credit, with no discount, and payable within 15 days. The company has found the month of sale. An additional 70% is collected in the following month, and the remaining 10% is collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts have been negligible , however, that only 20% of a month's sales are collected in or the company are given below: Variable: 4% of sales Sales Fixed