Cahuilla Corporation predicts the following sales in units for the coming four months:

		April		May		June		July
Sales in Units		240		280		300		240

Each month's ending Finished Goods Inventory should be 40% of the next month's sales. March 31 Finished Goods inventory is 96 units. A finished unit requires five pounds of direct material B at a cost of $2.00 per pound. The March 31 Raw Materials Inventory has 200 pounds of B. Each month's ending Raw Materials Inventory should be 30% of the following month's production needs. The budgeted cost of direct material B during May should be:

Multiple Choice

• $576.

• $552.

• $2,844.

• $3,708.

• $2,016.