Acme Aquafers has forecasted the following monthly demand for humidifier sales in the first quarter of 2020:

Month Forecasted Demand

January 14,200 humidifiers

February 16,800 humidifiers

March 19,000 humidifiers

Acme has a policy that they have 15% of the following months forecasted demand available as finished goods at the end of each month. Given this inventory policy, how many humidifiers must Acme produce in February to support the forecasted sales (assume that Januarys ending finished goods inventory were 15% of Februarys forecasted demand)?

1. 2,520 humidifiers
2. 2,850 humidifiers
3. 16,800 humidifiers
4. 17,130 humidifiers
5. 19,650 humidifiers