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QUESTION 2 Pablo Company has budgeted production of product X1 for next year as follows : Quarter 1: 60, 000 units Quarter 2: 85, 000 units Quarter 3: 100, 000 units Quarter 4: 70, 000 units. Two pounds of material A are required for each unit of X1 produced. The company has a policy of maintaining a stock of material A on hand at the end of each quarter equal to 20% of the next quarter's production needs for material A. A total of 20, 000 pounds of material A are on hand to start the year. Budgeted purchases of material A, in pounds, in the second quarter would be? (Round to the nearest 1. 00)