Purchases Budget Tiger Drug Store carries a variety of health and beauty aids, including 500-count bottles of vitamins. The sales budget for vitamins for the first six months of the year is presented below. Unit Sales Dollar Sales January 190 $1,710 February 180 1,620 March 200 1,800 April 210 1,890 May 230 2,070 June 220 1,980 The owner of Tiger Drug believes that ending inventories should be sufficient to cover 10 percent of the next month’s projected sales. On January 1, 21 bottles of vitamins were in inventory. Required: Question Content Area 1. Prepare a merchandise purchases budget in bottles of vitamins for as many months as you can. Tiger Drug StoreMerchandise Purchases Budget January February March April May Unit sales fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_1 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_2 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_3 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_4 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_5 Desired EI fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_6 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_7 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_8 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_9 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_10 Total needed fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_11 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_12 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_13 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_14 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_15 Less: BI fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_16 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_17 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_18 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_19 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_20 Unit purchases fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_21 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_22 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_23 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_24 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_25 Question Content Area 2. If vitamins are priced at cost plus 80 percent, what is the dollar cost of purchases for each month of your purchases budget? January $fill in the blank d7df0b004fecffb_1 February fill in the blank d7df0b004fecffb_2 March fill in the blank d7df0b004fecffb_3 April fill in the blank d7df0b004fecffb_4 May fill in the blank d7df0b004fecffb_5

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Tiger Drug Store carries a variety of health and beauty aids, including 500-count bottles of vitamins. The sales budget for vitamins for the first six months of the year is presented below.

  Unit Sales Dollar Sales
January 190         $1,710        
February 180         1,620        
March 200         1,800        
April 210         1,890        
May 230         2,070        
June 220         1,980        

The owner of Tiger Drug believes that ending inventories should be sufficient to cover 10 percent of the next month’s projected sales. On January 1, 21 bottles of vitamins were in inventory.

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1. Prepare a merchandise purchases budget in bottles of vitamins for as many months as you can.

 Tiger Drug StoreMerchandise Purchases Budget
  January February March April May
Unit sales fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_1 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_2 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_3 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_4 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_5
Desired EI fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_6 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_7 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_8 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_9 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_10
Total needed fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_11 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_12 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_13 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_14 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_15
Less: BI fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_16 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_17 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_18 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_19 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_20
Unit purchases fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_21 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_22 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_23 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_24 fill in the blank c5ee82058003fc0_25
 

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2. If vitamins are priced at cost plus 80 percent, what is the dollar cost of purchases for each month of your purchases budget?

January $fill in the blank d7df0b004fecffb_1
February   fill in the blank d7df0b004fecffb_2
March   fill in the blank d7df0b004fecffb_3
April   fill in the blank d7df0b004fecffb_4
May   fill in the blank d7df0b004fecffb_5
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