At the beginning of the year, Patio Living Corporation has 560 planters in inventory. The company plans to sell 5000 planters during the year and wants to have 1300 planters in inventory at the end of the year. How many planters must Patio Living Corporation produce during the year?

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To find out how many planters Patio Living Corporation must produce, we calculate the total needed for sales and ending inventory, then subtract the beginning inventory. They plan to sell 5000 and want 1300 in ending inventory, totaling 6300 needed. Subtracting the beginning inventory of 560 gives 6300 - 560 = 5740.

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