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Bramble Company makes and sells artistic frames for pictures. The controller is responsible for preparing the master budeet and han accumulated the following information for $2022.$

$\backslash$table$[[,$January,February,March,April,May$],[$Estimated unit sales,$14,640,17,080,15,860,13,420,13,420],[$Unit selling price,$$50,$$$47\mathrm{.}5,$$$475,$$$47\mathrm{.}5,5475],[$Direct labor hours per unit,$20,2\mathrm{.}0,1\mathrm{.}5,1\mathrm{.}5,1\mathrm{.}5],[$Direct labor cost per hour,$$8\mathrm{.}0,$$$8\mathrm{.}0,$$$8\mathrm{.}0,$$$9\mathrm{.}0,$$$9\mathrm{.}0]]$

Bramble has a labor contract that calls for a wage increase to $$9\mathrm{.}0$ per hour on April $1.$ New labor$-$saving machinery has been installed and will be fully operational by March $1.$

Bramble expects to begin the year with $21,472$ frames on hand and has a policy of carrying an end $-$f$-$month inventory of $100x$ of the following month's sales, plus $40\%$ of the second following month's sales.

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Prepare a production budget for Bramble Company by month and for the first quarter of the year.$\backslash$table$[[,\backslash$table$[[$BRAMBLE COMPANY Production Budget$],[$For the Quarter Ending March $31,2022]],],[,],[,\backslash$table$[[$