Boben Corporation makes one product. Below is budgeted production (in units) for the third quarter of the year.

	July	August	September
Budgeted production	8,500	9,000	13,900

Each unit requires 6 pounds of raw materials, at a cost of $2.00 per pound.

Assuming Boben desires to maintain an ending raw materials inventory equal to 30% of the following month's production needs, how many pounds of raw materials does Boben need to purchase in August?