Which of the following statements is true? In a production budget, if the number of units in finished goods inventory at the end of the period is less than the number of units in finished goods inventory at the beginning of the period, then the expected number of units sold is less than the number of units to be produced during the period. In the merchandise purchases budget, the required purchases (in units) for a period can be determined by subtracting the beginning merchandise inventory (in units) from the budgeted sales (in units) and desired ending merchandise inventory (in units). When preparing a direct materials budget, beginning inventory for raw materials should be added to production needs, and desired ending inventory should be subtracted to determine the amount of raw materials to be purchased. Multiple Choice Only statement 1 is true. Only statement 2 is true. All of the statements are true. Prey 14 of 34 Next