Show your work and label all numbers

Soster makes and sells buckles. Each buckle uses $\backslash (1/3\backslash )$ ounce of silver. Budgeted production of buckles in units for the next three months is as follows:

The company wants to maintain monthly ending inventories of silver equal to $\backslash (20\backslash \%\backslash )$ of the following month's budgeted production needs. Silver costs $\backslash (\backslash$$ $16\backslash )$ per ounce. Soster pays $\backslash (30\backslash \%\backslash )$ of purchases in the month purchased, and $\backslash (70\backslash \%\backslash )$ in the next month.

Required

a$)$ Prepare a direct materials purchases budget $($in ounces$)$ for March and April.

b$)$ Independent of your answer in Part a$),$ assume Soster purchased $4,000$ ounces of silver in March, and $4,500$ ounces of silver in April. Prepare a schedule determining the budgeted payments to silver suppliers in April.