Roberts Corporation manufactures home cleaning products. One of the products, Quickclean, requires 2 pounds of Material A and 5 pounds of Material B per unit manufactured. Material A is purchased from the supplier for $0.30 per pound and Material B is purchased for $0.50 per pound. The finished goods inventory on hand at the end of each month should equal 4,000 units plus 25% of the next month's sales. The raw materials inventory on hand at the end of each month (for either Material A or Material B) should equal 80% of the following month's production needs. The production budget calls for 26,000 units of Quickclean to be manufactured in June and 32,000 units of Quickclean to be manufactured in July. On May 31 there will be 41,600 pounds of Material A and 104,000 pounds of Material B in inventory.
The number of pounds of Material A needed for production during June would be:

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The Answer of Roberts Corporation manufactures home cleaning products. One of the products, Quickclean, requires 2 pounds of Material A and 5 pounds of Material B per unit manufactured. Material A is purchased from the supplier for $0.30 per pound and Material B is purchased for $0.50 per pound. The finished goods inventory on hand at the end of each month should equal 4,000 units plus 25% of the next month's sales. The raw materials inventory on hand at the end of each month (for either Material A or Material B) should equal 80% of the following month's production needs. The production budget calls for 26,000 units of Quickclean to be manufactured in June and 32,000 units of Quickclean to be manufactured in July. On May 31 there will be 41,600 pounds of Material A and 104,000 pounds of Material B in inventory.
The number of pounds of Material A needed for production during June would be:

Roberts Corporation Manufactures Home Cleaning Products