MC Qu. 133 Cahuilla Corporation predicts... Cahuilla Corporation predicts the following sales in units for the coming four months: April May June July Sales in Units380 420 440 380 Each month's ending Finished Goods Inventory should be 40% of the next month's sales. March 31 Finished Goods inventory is 152 units. A finished unit requires 5 pounds of direct material B at a cost of $2.00 per pound. The March 31 Raw Materials Inventory has 230 pounds of B. Each month's ending Raw Materials Inventory should be 30% of the following month's production needs. The budgeted purchases of pounds of direct material B during May should be:

$4,280

Explanation:

Calculation to determine what The budgeted purchases of pounds of direct material B during May should be:

For the month of APRIL

Units required to be produced in April = Units required to be sold April - Opening Inventory 40% of Sales of May

Units required to be produced in April= 380 - 152 + (420 * 40%)

Units required to be produced in April=380-152+168

Units required to be produced in April= 336 units

Total units of raw material to be purchased =336 *5 pounds

Total units of raw material to be purchased= 1,680 pounds

Now for the month of MAY

First step is to calculate May Units required to be produced in May using this formula

Using this formula

Units required to be produced in May = Sales for the month - Opening Inventory + % of Sales of June

Let plug in the formula

Units required to be produced in May= 420 -(420 * 40%) + (440 * 40%)

Units required to be produced in May= 420 -168+176

Units required to be produced in May= 428

Second step is to calculate the Total units of raw material to be purchased

Total units of raw material to be purchased = 428*5 pounds

Total units of raw material to be purchased = 2,140 pounds

Now let determine the budgeted purchases of pounds of direct material B

Purchase cost for the month = $2,140 * $2.00 per pound.

Purchase cost for the month= $4,280

Therefore The budgeted purchases of pounds of direct material B during May should be:$4,280

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