Banks Corporation has the following information for direct materials for the latest period.

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$INFORMATION FOR DIRECT MATERIALS$],[$FOR THE LATEST PERIOD$]]],[$Standard price per unit of direct materials,$$,15\mathrm{.}00],[$Actual price per unit of direct materials,$$,16\mathrm{.}50],[$Budgeted units of output,,$45,000],[\backslash$table$[[$Standard quantity of direct materials allowed per unit$],[$of output$]],,3$ units$],[$Actual units of direct materials used,,$40,000],[$Actual units of direct materials purchased,,$50,000],[$Actual units of output produced,,$14,000]]$

The companyy calculates its price variance based on quantity purchased.

What was the total quantity of direct materials allowed based on the standards?

$45,000.$

$50,000.$