Spencer Company has budgeted sales for the upcoming months as follows:    February$600,000March$615,000April$645,000May$670,000Seventy percent of the sales are credit sales, the remainder are made in cash. Credit sales are collected 40% in the month of sale, 50% in the month following the sale, and 10% in the second month following the sale.a. Compute Spencer's cash receipts for April.b. Compute Spencer's cash receipts for May.c. Compute the accounts receivable balance for May 31.

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a. $631,350 = ($645,000 × .30) + ($645,000 × .70 × .40) + ($615,000 × .70 × .50) + ($600,000 × .70 × .10)
b. $657,400 = ($670,000 × .30) + ($670,000 × .70 × .40) + ($645,000 × .70 × .50) + ($615,000 × .70 × .10)
c. $326,550 = May ($670,000 × .70 × .60) + April ($645,000 × .70 × .10)

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