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Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: Direct material: 5 pounds at $10.00 per pound $ 50.00 Direct labor: 4 hours at $16 per hour 64.00 Variable overhead: 4 hours at $7 per hour 28.00 Total standard variable cost per unit $142.00 The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses: Variable Cost per Unit Sold Fixed cost per Month $ 220,000 $ 140,000 Advertising Sales salaries and commissions Shipping expenses $14.00 $ 5.00 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 20,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 24,600 units and incurred the following costs: a. Purchased 164,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production b. Direct-laborers worked 57,000 hours at a rate of $17.00 per hour. c. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $653,220. d. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $235,000, $465,000, and $135,000, respectively Required: 1. What raw materials cost would be included in the company's flexible budget for March? Raw material cost