Down Under Products, Ltd., of Australia has budgeted sales of its popular boomer

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Down Under Products, Ltd., of Australia has budgeted sales of its popular boomerang for the next four months as follows: April May une July Unit Sales 64,000 80,000 104,000 87,000 The company is now in the process of preparing a production budget for the second quarter. Past experience has shown that end-of-month inventory levels must equal 15% of the following month's unit sales. The inventory at the end of March was 9,600 units Required: Prepare a production budget by month and in total, for the second quarter Down Under Products, Ltd Production Budget April May June Quarter Budgeted units sales Total needs Required production in units

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Production budget :

April May June Quarter Sales in units 64000 80000 104000 248000 Add; Desired ending inventory 12000 15600 13050 13050 Total needs 76000 95600 117050 261050 Less: Beginning inventory -9600 -12000 -15600 -9600 Required production in units 66400 83600 101450 251450

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