DeWitt Industries has adopted the following production budget for the first $4$ months of $2025.$

$\backslash$table$[[$Month$,$Units,Month,Units$],[$January$,10,000,$March,$5,000],[$February$,8,000,$April,$4,000]]$

Each unit requires $2$ pounds of raw materials costing $$3$ per pound. On December $31,2024,$ the ending raw materials inventory was $4,000$ pounds. Management wants to have a raw materials inventory at the end of the month equal to $20\%$ of next month's production requirements.

Prepare a direct materials purchases budget by month for the first quarter.

DEWITT INDUSTRIES

Direct Materials Purchases Budget

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January

February

March