Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows:

Direct material: 8 pounds at $10.00 per pound	$ 80.00
Direct labor: 5 hours at $13 per hour	65.00
Variable overhead: 5 hours at $8 per hour	40.00
Total standard variable cost per unit	$ 185.00

The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:

	Fixed Cost per Month	Variable Cost per Unit Sold
Advertising	$ 290,000
Sales salaries and commissions	$ 280,000	$ 21.00
Shipping expenses		$ 12.00

The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 15,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 17,000 units and incurred the following costs:

1. Purchased 170,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $8.00 per pound. All of this material was used in production.

2. Direct-laborers worked 64,000 hours at a rate of $14.00 per hour.

3. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $513,920.

4. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $300,000, $500,000, and $205,000, respectively.

Required:

1. What raw materials cost would be included in the companys flexible budget for March?