Answer:
The budgeted production for the first quarter is 44,000 units
Step-by-step explanation:
The budgeted production for first quarter is summarized below
Sales for the quarter 45,000
desired ending inventory 4,000
less opening inventory (5000)
Budgeted production 44,000
The rationale for this computation is that the opening inventory is already in stock,hence a portion of the sales quantity is already at hand and should be deducted from forecast sales,whereas the planned inventory that is envisaged to care of any unusual spike in demand is added to the forecast sales figures for the quarter in order to arrive the desired production level.