Preparing a cash budget pharma drug store is a pharmacy in portland, maine, owned by jane smith, a local pharmacist. pharmacy business has been good, but ms. smith finds that she frequently runs out of cash. to date, she has dealt with this cash shortfall by delaying payment to the drug suppliers, which is starting to cause problems. instead of delaying payment, ms. smith has decided that she should borrow from the bank to have cash ready when needed. to have an estimate of how much she must borrow over the next three months, she must prepare a cash budget. all of pharma's sales are made on a cash basis, but drug purchases must be paid for during the following month. ms. smith pays herself a salary of $4,800 per month. the rent on her store is $2,000 per month and a $12,000 payment for taxes are due in december. on december 1, there is $400 cash on hand, but ms. smith wants to maintain a target cash balance of $6,000. pharma's estimated sales are $160,000 for december, $40,000 for january, and $60,000 for february. estimated drug purchases are $140,000 for november, $40,000 for december, $40,000 for january, and $40,000 for february. based on the provided information, prepare a cash budget in excel for december, january, and february. show all of your work.

2. the external environment (connect)choose whether each example belongs in the general, task, or internal environment.exampleenvironmenta worldwide recession task environment / general environment / internal environmentlocal mothers asking their community grocery store to carry no-salt cheerios-type cereal for their babies task environment / general environment / internal environmentchoose the phrase that best completes the following sentence.the relationship between the task environment and the general environment is best described as: a one-way system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, but changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment.an open system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, and changes in the general environment affect the task environment.a one-way system: changes in the general environment affect the task environment, but changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.a closed system: changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment, and changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.©bloomberg via getty imagesmanagement in the newsin april 2010, the explosion of british petroleum’s (bp) deepwater horizon oil drilling rig and the accompanying oil spill dramatically changed the external environment in which all oil companies operate. the explosion released more oil than any other accidental spill in history and had a huge impact on the waters and surrounding communities of the gulf coast. the conditions that led to the spill, the attempts to stop the spill, and the clean-up and aftermath of the spill prompted debates in the u.s. senate, concern on wall street, and attention from companies all over the world.match each oil spill event with a specific dimension of the general environment.eventgeneral environment dimensionbp stock prices falling 25% during the first month after the oil spill oil seeping into pelican nesting grounds, which will place the brown pelican back on the endangered species list people moving from louisiana to oklahoma to avoid the effects of the spill