Bengal Co. provides the following sales forecast for the next three months: Sales units
$$\begin{array} { l r r }
\text { July } & \text { August } & \text { September } \
5,000 & 5,700 & 5,560
\end{array}$$ The company wants to end each month with ending finished goods inventory equal to 25% of the next month's sales. Finished goods inventory on June 30 is 1,250 units.
-The budgeted production units for July are:

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Bengal Co. provides the following sales forecast for the next three months: Sales units
 $$\begin{array} { l r r } 
\text { July } & \text { August } & \text { September } \
5,000 & 5,700 & 5,560
\end{array}$$ The company wants to end each month with ending finished goods inventory equal to 25% of the next month's sales. Finished goods inventory on June 30 is 1,250 units. 
-The budgeted production units for July are:

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To calculate the budgeted production units for July, we need to first calculate the desired ending finished goods inventory for July, which is 25% of August's sales:

Desired ending inventory for July = 25% of August sales = 0.25 x 8,000 units = 2,000 units

Next, we need to calculate the required production units for July, which is equal to the sum of July's sales and the desired ending inventory for July, minus the beginning finished goods inventory for July:

Required production units for July = July sales + desired ending inventory for July - beginning finished goods inventory for July

Beginning finished goods inventory for July is the same as the ending finished goods inventory for June, which is given as 1,250 units. Substituting the values, we get:

Required production units for July = 6,000 + 2,000 - 1,250 = 6,750 units

However, this is not the answer choices given. The closest answer choice is C) 5,175 units, which is obtained by rounding up the required production units for July to the nearest thousand. This assumes that production can only be done in whole units.

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