=+10-17 K Direct materials budget OBJECTIVE 3 Dog Trap Ltd produces wine. The company expects to produce 2250000 two-litre bottles of merlot in 2015. Dog Trap purchases empty glass bottles from an outside vendor. Its target ending inventory of such bottles is 50000; its beginning inventory is 56000.

For simplicity, ignore breakages. Calculate the number of bottles to be purchased in 2015.