ZXY Corporation manufactures a single product. It has a policy of keeping finishedgoods inventory amounting to 150% the coming month’s budgeted sales. Rawmaterials, on the other hand, are kept at twice the coming month’s budgeted production requirements. Each unit of product requires 4 kilos of raw materials. The production budgets (in units) consists of the following: March  5,000 units April  4,700 units May  5,500 units June  4,500 units Purchases of raw materials in May would be 15,600 kilos 17,200 kilos 18,000 kilos 24,000 kilos

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ZXY Corporation manufactures a single product. It has a policy of keeping finishedgoods inventory amounting to 150% the coming month’s budgeted sales. Rawmaterials, on the other hand, are kept at twice the coming month’s budgeted production requirements. Each unit of product requires 4 kilos of raw materials. The production budgets (in units) consists of the following:

March  5,000 units

April  4,700 units

May  5,500 units

June  4,500 units

Purchases of raw materials in May would be

  1. 15,600 kilos
  2. 17,200 kilos
  3. 18,000 kilos
  4. 24,000 kilos
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