Coles Corporation, Incorporated 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:

Multiple Choice

• 37,800 yards

• 44,940 yards

• 37,380 yards

• 45,360 yards