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Production Budget Aqua-pro Inc. produces submersible water pumps for ponds and cisterns. The unit sales for selected months of the year are as follows: Unit Sales April 180,000 May 220,000 June 200,000 July 240,000 Company policy requires that ending inventories for each month be 25% of next month's sales. However, at the beginning of April, due to greater sales in March than anticipated, the beginning inventory of water pumps is only 21,000. Prepare a production budget for the second quarter of the year. Show the number of units that should be produced each month as well as for the quarter in total.

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Answer:

Production Budget April  214,000    

Production Budget  May 215,000    

Production Budget June  210,000                  

Production Budget Total    639,000

Explanation:

We use the formula to calculate the production budget

Production = Sales + Ending Inventory - Opening Inventory.

Aqua-pro Inc.

Production Budget

For the Quarter

Particulars                 April          May        June        July            Total

Unit Sales            180,000    220,000   200,000    240,000

Add Desired

Ending Inventory 55,000     55,000    60,000      --x---x---x--

Less Opening

Inventory           21,000          55,000      50,000           60,000                  

Production Units  214,000     215,000      210,000                     639,000    

Ending Inventory Calculations

April  25% of 220,000= 55,000

May 25% of 200,000= 55,000

June 25% of 240,000 =60,000