Hi i have a kind of weird situation... my professor assigned review questions along with...

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Hi i have a kind of weird situation... my professor assigned review questions along with the answers and i was wondering if you could explain how he got each answer. More specifically I don't understand how he got the budgeted beginning inventory (900) and (1460). PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW YOU GET 900 AND 1460

Problem 3: Direct Materials Budget (based on Ex 20-4)

Elder Corporation set their production budget in units for the next three months:

April

May

June

Units

7,000

7,300

8,400

Each unit requires 2 pounds of direct material at a cost of $2.70 per pound. The company's policy is to end each month with an inventory of direct materials equal to 10% of the next month's direct material requirements. At the beginning of April, 900 pounds of material are on hand.

Prepare a Direct Materials Budget for April and May.

Direct Materials Budget

April

May

Budgeted production (units)

7,000

7,300

Materials requirements per unit (pounds)

x 2

x 2

Materials needed (pounds)

14,000

14,600

Desired ending inventory*

1,460

1,680

Total needed

15,460

16,280

Budgeted beginning inventory

(900)

(1,460)

Materials to be purchased

14,560

14,820

Cost per unit of materials

x $2.70

x $2.70

Total materials cost

$39,312

$40,014

*Calculation for Budgeted ending inventory based on 10% of next months production. Calculation for April 7,300 x 10% x 2 pounds = 1,460 pounds and for May 8,400 x 10% x 2 pounds = 1,680 pounds.

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