=+That is, each dresser is budgeted to use 20 metres of wood, composed of 40% Tasmanian oak and 60% pine, although sometimes more pine is used in place of Tasmanian oak with no obvious change in the quality or function of the dresser.

During the month of May, PDS manufactures 3000 dressers. Actual direct materials costs are:

Tasmanian oak (23 180 linear metres) $141 398 Pine (37 820 linear metres) 68 076 Total actual direct materials cost $209 474 Required 1 What is the budgeted cost of direct materials for 3000 dressers?