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Computation of a government's budgetary cushion Following are extracts from a city's General Fund balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance. General Fund Extracts Fund Balance: Nonspendable (supplies inventory) $59,760 Restricted (intergovernmental grant) 28,600 Assigned (appropriated for next year's budget) 110,000 Assigned (for future OPEB expenditures) 16,500 Unassigned 1,292,740 Total fund balance $1,507,600 Total revenues $31,339,000 Transfers in (all recurring) $400,400 a) How much (in dollars) is available to help balance future budgets? $ b) Calculate the budgetary cushion. Round the percentage to one decimal. % C) Using the rule of thumb suggested in the text, would the budgetary cushion be considered be considered reasonable, too high, or too low?