d.                                                             Cash Receipts                                                        January February March   December receivables            P32,000   From January sales                   54,000   P36,000   From February sales                                66,000 P44,000 From March sales                                                   72,000 Other information includes the following.

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Use the following information for items 7 and 8Tidwell Corporation sells a single product for P20 per unit.  All sales are on account, with 60% collected in the month of sale and 40% collected in the following month.  A partial schedule of cash collections for January through March of the coming year reveals the following receipts for the period.
                                                            Cash Receipts    
                                                   January February March  
December receivables            P32,000  
From January sales                   54,000   P36,000  
From February sales                                66,000 P44,000
From March sales                                                   72,000

Other information includes the following.
• Inventories are maintained at 30% of the following month’s sales.  
• Tidwell desires to keep a minimum cash balance of P15,000.  Total payments in January are expected to be P106,500, which excludes P12,000 of depreciation expense.  Any required borrowings are in multiples of P1,000.
• The December 31 balance sheet for the preceding year revealed a cash balance of P24,900.
 
1. The number of units to be purchased in February is?
2. Ignoring income taxes, the financing needed in January to maintain the firm’s minimum cash balance is?
 
 
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