Coles Corporation, Inc. makes and sells a single product, Product R. Three yards of Material K are needed to make one unit of Product R. Budgeted production of Product R for the next five months is as follows: August 14,000 units, September 14,500 units, October 15,500 units, November 12,600 units, December 11,900 units. The company wants to maintain monthly ending inventories of Material K equal to 20% of the following month's production needs. On July 31, this requirement was not met since only 2,500 yards of Material K were on hand. The cost of Material K is $0.85 per yard. The company wants to prepare a Direct Materials Purchase Budget for the rest of the year.

The total needs (i.e., production requirements plus desired ending inventory) of Material K for November are:

		37,800 yards
		44,940 yards
		37,380 yards
		45,360 yards