GreenThumb Organic Fertilizer Company plans to sell $210,000$ units of finished product in July and

anticipates a growth rate in sales of $3$ percent per month. The desired monthly ending inventory in units

of finished product is $90$ percent of the next month's estimated sales. There are $189,000$ finished units in

inventory on June $30.$ Each unit of finished product requires $3$ pounds of raw material at a cost of $$1\mathrm{.}85$

per pound. There are $880,000$ pounds of raw material in inventory on June $30.$

Required:

Compute the company's total required production in units of finished product for the entire three$-$

month period ending September $30.$

Note: Round all intermediate calculations and your final answer to the nearest unit.

Independent of your answer to requirement $1,$ assume the company plans to produce $640,000$ units of

finished product in the three$-$month period ending September $30,$ and to have raw$-$material inventory

on hand at the end of the three$-$month period equal to $25$ percent of the use in that period. Compute

the total estimated cost of raw$-$material purchases for the entire three$-$month period ending September

Total required production in units:

Total estimated cost: