Production, Aurchases, and Direct Labor Blodgets tncles Corporation is a manufacturer of tables sold to schools, restaurants, hotels, and other institutions. The table tops are manufactured by Ingles, but the table legs are purchased from an outside supplier. The Assembly Department takes a manufactured table top and attaches the four purchased table legs. It takes i6 minutes of labor to assemble a table. The company folows a policy of produding enough tables to ensure that 40 percent of next menth's sales are in the finished goods inventory. Ingles also purchases sufficient materials to ensure that materials inventory is 60 percent of the folloning moeith's scheduled production. ingles's sales budget in units for the next quarter is as follows: Ingles's ending inventeries in units for July 31 are as follows: Mequired 1. Calculate the number of tables te be procured during August, x taties 2. Disregarding your recponse t Requirement 1, assumet the required production units fot August and September are 2,100 and 1,900, respectively, and the July a1 materials inventory is 4,000 units. Compute the number of table legs to be purchased in August. x legs Ingles's ending inventeries in units for July 31 are as follows: Finished goods 1,900 Materiais (legs) 4,000 Required: 1. Calculate the number of tables to be produced during August. x tables 2. Disregarding your respense to Requirement 1 , assume the required production units for August and 5eptember are 2 , 100 and 1,900 , respectively, and the July 31 materials inventery is 4,000 units. Compute the number of table legs to be purchased in August. x legs 3. Assume that Ingles Corporation will produce 2,340 units in September. How many emplayees will be required for the Assembly Department in September? (Fractional employees are acceptable since employees can be hired on a part-time basis. Assume a 40 -hour week and a 4week month.) (CMA adopted) Round your answer to two decimal places. x employees