Question $7$

Grit Inc. plans to sell $3,500$ units of product A next year. Each unit of product A requires $2\mathrm{.}5$ pounds of direct material $x.$ Direct material $x$ costs $$\mathrm{.}75$ per pound. Direct material $x$ on hand on January $1$ of next year, amounts to $1,500$ pounds and management desires to have an ending direct material inventory of $140\%$ of beginning direct material inventory. Finished goods inventory on hard on January $1$ amounts to $900$ units. Management desires to have $9--$ finished goods on hand on December $31$ of next year. Compute the number of pounds of direct materials to be purchased during the year.

$5,250$

$9,100$

$8,500$

$8,750$