Noel Enterprises has budgeted sales in units for the next five months as follows: Past experience has shown that the ending inventory for each month must be equal to 10% of the next month's sales in units.The inventory on May 31 contained 400 units.The company needs to prepare a production budget for the second quarter of the year. The beginning inventory in units for September is:

Question

Noel Enterprises has budgeted sales in units for the next five months as follows:  Past experience has shown that the ending inventory for each month must be equal to 10% of the next month's sales in units.The inventory on May 31 contained 400 units.The company needs to prepare a production budget for the second quarter of the year. The beginning inventory in units for September is:

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Beginning inventory for September = Ending inventory for August = 10% of September sales
= 10% × 4,600 units = 460 units

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