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The Foundational $15($Algo$)[$LO$8-2,$ LO$8-3,$ LO$8-4,$ LO$8-5,$ LO$8-7,$ LO$8-9,$ LO$8-10]$

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Morganton Company makes one product and it provided the following information to help prepare the master budget:

a$.$ The budgeted selling price per unit is $$60.$ Budgeted unit sales for June, July, August, and September are $8,000,11,000,13,000,$ and $14,000$ units, respectively. All sales are on credit.

b$.$ Thirty percent of credit sales are collected in the month of the sale and $70\%$ in the following month.

c$.$ The ending finished goods inventory equals $25\%$ of the following month's unit sales.

d$.$ The ending raw materials inventory equals $10\%$ of the following month's raw materials production needs. Each unit of finished goods requires $5$ pounds of raw materials. The raw materials cost $$2\mathrm{.}20$ per pound.

e$.$ Twenty percent of raw materials purchases are paid for in the month of purchase and $80\%$ in the following month.

f$.$ The direct labor wage rate is $$12$ per hour. Each unit of finished goods requires two direct labor$-$hours.

g$.$ The variable selling and administrative expense per unit sold is $$1\mathrm{.}20.$ The fixed selling and administrative expense per month is $$61,000.$

Foundational $8-10($Algo$)$

$10.$ What is the total estimated direct labor cost for July?

Answer is complete but not entirely correct.

Total direct labor cost

$$264,000$