Dacosta Corporation had only one job in process on May 1. The job had been charged with $2,000 of direct materials, $6,966 of direct labor, and $9,992 of manufacturing overhead cost. The company assigns overhead cost to jobs using the predetermined overhead rate of $18.80 per direct labor-hour.

During May, the following activity was recorded:

Raw materials (all direct materials):
Beginning balance	$ 8,700
Purchased during the month	$38,200
Used in production	$39,500
Labor:
Direct labor-hours worked during the month	2,100
Direct labor cost incurred	$24,710
Actual manufacturing overhead costs incurred	$33,500
Inventories:
Raw materials, May 30	?
Work in process, May 30	$16,989

Work in process inventory on May 30 contains $3,777 of direct labor cost. Raw materials consist solely of items that are classified as direct materials.

The balance in the raw materials inventory account on May 30 was: