Marple Company's budgeted production in units and budgeted raw materials purchases over the next three months are given below: Two pounds of raw materials are required to produce one unit of product.The company wants raw materials on hand at the end of each month equal to 30% of the following month's production needs.The company is expected to have 36,000 pounds of raw materials on hand on January 1.Budgeted production for February should be:

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11eaaee8_6710_c83b_933a_3d9948d33539_TB5186_00 Budgeted raw material purchases for February (in pounds) = [30% F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 (100,000 F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 2 lbs)] + (February production F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 2 lbs) - [30% F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 (February production F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 2 lbs)
165,000 = 60,000 + (1.4 F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 February production)
February production = 75,000 units

Marple Company's Budgeted Production in Units and Budgeted Raw Materials