6,200 pounds of raw materials should be purchased in July.
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What are raw materials?</h3>
- Raw materials are the goods or inventories required by a company to make its products.
- Steel, oil, corn, grain, gasoline, lumber, forest resources, plastic, natural gas, coal, and minerals are examples of raw materials.
The raw material purchases for July are computed as follows:
- Required production in units of finished goods.
- Units of raw materials needed per unit of finished goods.
- Units of raw materials are needed to meet production.
- Add desired units of ending raw materials inventory.
- Total units of raw materials needless units of beginning raw materials inventory.
- Units of raw materials to be purchased.
71,000 pounds × 10% = 7,100 pounds.
62,000 pounds × 10% = 6,200 pounds.
Therefore, 6,200 pounds of raw materials should be purchased in July.
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If 71,000 pounds of raw materials are needed to meet production in August, how many pounds of raw materials should be purchased in July?
