Answer:
The materials budget for the year = $475,500
Explanation:
let us first lay out the particulars
beginning inventory = 31,000 yards
ending balance = 30,000 yards
amount sold from beginning inventory = 31,000 - 30,000 = 1,000 yards
budgeted production = 53,000 comforters
requirement for each comforter = 6 yards
total budgeted yards to be required = (requirement for each comforter) × (number of comforters)
= 6 × 53,000 = 318,000 yards
Note that required number of yards to be required during the year = 318,000 yards, but we have 1,000 yards available from the beginning inventory, as shown above, therefore, the number of yards to be produced is calculated as follows:
number of yards to be produced = (required number of yards) - ( number of yards from beginning inventory)
= 318,000 - 1000 = 317,000 yards.
Next, we are told that material cost per yard = $1.50
1 yard = $1.50
∴ 317,000 yards = 1.50 × 317,000 = $475,500
Therefore the materials budget for the year = $475,500
