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(CMA) Table Top produces tables sold to discount stores. The table tops are manufactured in the U.S. by Table Top, but the table legs are manufactured in a plant in Nogales, Mexico. The assembly department attaches the four purchased table legs to the table top. It takes 20 minutes of labor to assemble a table. The company follows a policy of producing enough tables to insure that 40% of next month's sales are in the finished goods inventory. Table Top also purchases sufficient raw materials to insure that raw materials inventory is 60% of the following month's scheduled production. Table Top's sales budget in units for the next quarter is as follows:
-Assume the required production for August and September is 1,600 and 1,800 units, respectively, and the July 31, 20x5 raw materials inventory is 4,200 units. The number of table legs to be purchased in August is
A) 6,520 legs
B) 9,400 legs
C) 2,200 legs
D) 6,400 legs

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(CMA) Table Top produces tables sold to discount stores. The table tops are manufactured in the U.S. by Table Top, but the table legs are manufactured in a plant in Nogales, Mexico. The assembly department attaches the four purchased table legs to the table top. It takes 20 minutes of labor to assemble a table. The company follows a policy of producing enough tables to insure that 40% of next month's sales are in the finished goods inventory. Table Top also purchases sufficient raw materials to insure that raw materials inventory is 60% of the following month's scheduled production. Table Top's sales budget in units for the next quarter is as follows: 
-Assume the required production for August and September is 1,600 and 1,800 units, respectively, and the July 31, 20x5 raw materials inventory is 4,200 units. The number of table legs to be purchased in August is
A) 6,520 legs 
B) 9,400 legs 
C) 2,200 legs 
D) 6,400 legs

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Each table requires 4 legs. For August, 1,600 tables require 6,400 legs. If the inventory is 4,200 legs, then 6,400 - 4,200 = 2,200 legs need to be purchased.

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