Exhibit 9-1
Sporting Inc -Refer to Exhibit 9-1

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 9-1
Sporting Inc.is a distributor which sells one product for $100 per unit.Sporting pays $60 to buy the product.In addition,fixed costs total $60,000 per month.Sporting wishes to maintain an inventory at the end of each month equal to 30% of the next month's projected sales.Purchases are paid in the month after purchase.
Sporting makes all sales on credit and collects 40% in the month of sale and 60% in the month after sale.Budgeted monthly sales in units for the first five months of 2013 are as follows:
$\begin{array}{ll}\text { January } & 10,000 \text { units } \\\text { February } & 15,000 \text { units } \\\text { March } & 18,000 \text { units } \\\text { April } & 20,000 \text { units } \\\text { May } & 16,000 \text { units }\end{array}$
-Refer to Exhibit 9-1.What dollar amount of merchandise inventory will be purchased in April?

A) $1,848,000
B) $552,000
C) $1,272,000
D) $1,128,000
E) None of the answer choices is correct.