Vebco manufactures a product requiring 0,5 gram of platinum per unit. The cost of platinum is approximately R360 per gram. Vebco maintains an ending inventory of platinum equal to 10 per cent of the following month's production. The following data were taken from the most recent quarterly production budget.

	July	August	September
Planned production (units)	1 000	1 100	980

Determine the cost of platinum purchased in August.

A. R195 840 /

B. R198 000

C. R200 160

D. R391 680

E. R400 320