Answer: $12,280
Explanation:
The question asks for the budgeted cash payments for materials in January.
It also states that payments for purchases are expected to be made 50% in the month of purchase and 50% in the month following purchase.
The means that the amount from December is the balance to be paid in January as the other 50% has already been paid.
We then have to take 50% of the January figure to know how much cash payments are to be paid in January.
= 6,200 + 12,160(0.5)
= 6,200 + 6,080
= $12,280
$12,280 is the budgeted cash payments for materials in January.