Brody Company makes industrial cleaning solvents. Various chemicals, detergent, and water are mixed together and then bottled in $10-$gallon drums. Brody provided the following information for last year:

Raw materials purchases $$250,000$

Direct labor $140,000$

Depreciation on factory equipment $45,000$

Depreciation on factory building $30,000$

Depreciation on headquarters building $50,000$

Factory insurance $15,000$

Property taxes:

Factory $20,000$

Headquarters $18,000$

Utilities for factory $34,000$

Utilities for sales office $1,800$

Administrative salaries $150,000$

Indirect labor salaries $156,000$

Sales office salaries $90,000$

Beginning balance, raw materials $124,000$

Beginning balance, work in process $124,000$

Beginning balance, finished goods $84,000$

Ending balance, raw materials $102,000$

Ending balance, work in process $130,000$

Ending balance, finished goods $82,000$

Last year, Brody completed $100,000$ units. Sales revenue equaled $$1,200,000,$ and Brody paid a sales commission of $5$ percent of sales.

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$1.$ Calculate the direct materials used in production for last year.

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$250,000$