DeLos Incorporated has prepared a sales budget of 65,000 finished units for a 2-month period. The company has an inventory of 25,000 units of finished goods on hand at December 31 and has a target finished-goods inventory of 18,000 units at the end of the succeeding quarter.

It takes 2 tons of direct materials to make one unit of finished product. The company has an inventory of 75,000 tons of direct materials at December 31 and has a target ending inventory of 68,000 tons at the end of the succeeding quarter. How many tons of direct materials should DeLos Inc. purchase during the 2 months ending February 31?

Group of answer choices

90,000 tons

109,000 tons

45,000 tons

150,000 tons