Answer: $148,000
Explanation:
The Operating Expenses in the above question are, Salaries of $100,000, Depreciation of $40,000, Rent of $20,000 and Utilities of $28,000.
Depreciation is an operating expenses but not one that requires a cash payment as it is a non-cash Expenditure.
This means that in calculating the amount of cash to budget we add up all the other operating expenses except Depreciation.
= 100,000 + 20,000 + 28,000
= $148,000
$148,000 is the budgeted amount of cash to be paid for operating expenses in November.