Answer:
The correct answer is:
$164,403 (b)
Explanation:
First of all let us lay out the information given clearly:
unit selling price = $15.20
number of units sold in December = 10,000 units
sale's growth rate per month = 4% = 0.04
Next, let us find the number of units sold in February, using the sales growth rate.
January sales = December sales + 4% increase
4% of December sales = 0.04 × 10,000 = 400 units
∴ January sales = 10,000 + 400 = 10,400 units
February sales = January sales + 4% increase
4% increase of January sales = 0.04 × 10,400 = 416 units
∴ February sales = 10,400 + 416 = 10,816
Next we will calculate the budgeted sales in amount for February, by multiplying the number of unit budgeted by the selling price per unit, as follows:
Budgeted sales in February = Number of units × selling price
= 10,816 × 15.20 = $164,403.2
= $164,403 ( to the nearest dollars)