1A4X HEALTH FOODS INC. HAS DECIDED TO START A CASH BUDGETING PROGRAM...

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Health Foods Inc. has decided to start a cash budgeting program to improve overall cash

management. Information gathered from the past year reveals the following cash

collection trends.

40% of sales are on credit

50% of credit sales are collected in month of sale

30% of credit sales are collected first month after sale

15% of credit sales are collected second month after sale

5% of credit sales result in bad debts

Gross sales for the last five months were as follows.

January $220,000

February 240,000

March 250,000

April 230,000

May 260,000

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Sales for June are projected to be $255,000. Based on this information, the expected cash

receipts for March would be

a. $230,000.

b. $237,400.

c. $242,000.

d. $243,200.