Question

Whistle Works sells each whistle for $12. It takes 3 ounces of metal to produce each whistle at a cost of $0.50 per ounce. They prefer to have 10% of materials required for the following month's production in ending inventory as well. How many ounces of direct materials does Whistle Works need to purchase in October to meet production needs

Answer 1

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Whistle Works manufacturers safety whistle keychains. They have the following information available to prepare their master budget:

Units to be produced

October 4,500

November 4,750

December 5,200

Whistle Works sells each whistle for $12. It takes 3 ounces of metal to produce each whistle at a cost of $0.50 per ounce. They prefer to have 10% of materials required for the following month's production in ending inventory as well. How many ounces of direct materials does Whistle Works need to purchase in October to meet production needs?

A) 4,500 ounces

B) 13,575 ounces

C) 13,425 ounces

D) 4,525 ounces

Answer:

Purchases = 13575 ounces

Option B is the correct answer

Explanation:

To calculate the purchases of material for October, we first need to calculate the inventory needed to produce the desired number of units in October along with the desired ending inventory and adjust it for the available opening inventory at start of October.

Material available at Start - October = 10% * 4500 units * 3 ounces per unit  Material available at Start - October = 1350 ounces

Material required at end - October = 10% * 4750 units * 3 ounces per unit

Material required at end - October = 1425 ounces

Material required to produce required units in October = 4500 * 3 = 13500

Production  =  Opening Inventory  +  Purchases  -  Closing Inventory

13500  =  1350  +  Purchases  -  1425

13500 + 1425 - 1350  =  Purchases

Purchases = 13575 ounces