Exhibit 9-1
Sporting Inc -Refer to Exhibit 9-1

question 26

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 9-1
Sporting Inc.is a distributor which sells one product for $100 per unit.Sporting pays $60 to buy the product.In addition,fixed costs total $60,000 per month.Sporting wishes to maintain an inventory at the end of each month equal to 30% of the next month's projected sales.Purchases are paid in the month after purchase.
Sporting makes all sales on credit and collects 40% in the month of sale and 60% in the month after sale.Budgeted monthly sales in units for the first five months of 2013 are as follows:
$\begin{array}{ll}\text { January } & 10,000 \text { units } \\\text { February } & 15,000 \text { units } \\\text { March } & 18,000 \text { units } \\\text { April } & 20,000 \text { units } \\\text { May } & 16,000 \text { units }\end{array}$
-Refer to Exhibit 9-1.What dollar amount of merchandise inventory will be purchased in April?

• A)$1,848,000
• B)$552,000
• C)$1,272,000
• D)$1,128,000
• E)None of the answer choices is correct.

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Definitions:

Trade Deficit

A measure of international trade in which a country's imports exceed its exports.

Net Exports

A country's economic output's net impact from international trade, calculated as the difference between its total exports and total imports.

Net Exports

The value of a country's total exports minus its total imports, indicating whether a country is in a trade surplus or deficit.

Imports

Goods and services brought into a country from abroad for sale.