A sporting equipment store expects to purchase $8,000 of ski boots in October. The store had $4,000 of ski boots in merchandise inventory at the beginning of October, and expects to have $3,000 of ski boots in merchandise inventory at the end of October to cover part of anticipated November sales. What is the budgeted cost of goods sold for October?
a) $7,000.
b) $9,000.
c) $8,000.
d) $12,000.
e) $11,000.