Bright Lights Company Manufactures Lamps Finished Goods Inventory at the End of September Was 3,000

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Bright Lights Company manufactures lamps.The estimated lamp sales for the last three months of the current year are as follows: $$\begin{array} { l r } \text { Month } & \text { Sales } \\\text { October } & 10,000 \\\text { November } & 13,000 \\\text { December } & 15,000\end{array}$$ Finished goods inventory at the end of September was 3,000 units.Ending finished goods inventory is budgeted to equal 25% of the next month's sales.Bright Lights expects to sell the lamps for $25 each.The first three months of the next year's sales are projected at 16,000 lamps.How many lamps should be produced in November?

• A) 10,500 lamps
• B) 11,000 lamps
• C) 13,500 lamps
• D) 14,000 lamps

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