27.

Walsh Corporation, Inc. makes and sells a single product, Product R. Three yards of Material K are needed to make one unit of Product R. Budgeted production of Product R for the next five months is as follows:

August	14,000	units
September	14,500	units
October	15,500	units
November	12,600	units
December	11,900	units
The company wants to maintain monthly ending inventories of Material K equal to 20% of the following month's production needs. On July 31, this requirement was not met since only 2,500 yards of Material K were on hand. The cost of Material K is $0.85 per yard. The company wants to prepare a Direct Materials Purchase Budget for the rest of the year.
The total cost of Material K to be purchased in August is:

Select one:

a.

$48,200

b.

$42,300

c.

$40,970

d.

$33,840