Larsen Company makes and sells a single product, widgets. Three pounds of clay are needed to make one widget.
Budgeted production of widgets for the next few months follows:
September 58,000 units
October 62,000 units
The company wants to maintain monthly ending inventories of clay equal to 20% of the following month's production needs. On August 31, 18,000 pounds of clay were on hand.
Instructions
How much clay should be purchased in September?