View Policies Current Attempt in Progress Pargo Company is preparing its master budget for 2020. Relevant data pertaining to its sales, production, and direct materials budgets are as follows. Sales. Sales for the year are expected to total 1,700,000 units. Quarterly sales are 18%, 25%, 26%, and 31%, respectively. The sales price is expected to be $39 per unit for the first three quarters and $43 per unit beginning in the fourth quarter. Sales in the first quarter of 2021 are expected to be 10% higher than the budgeted sales for the first quarter of 2020. Production. Management desires to maintain the ending finished goods inventories at 20% of the next quarter's budgeted sales volume. Direct materials. Each unit requires 2 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $12 per pound. Management desires to maintain raw materials inventories at 10% of the next quarter's production requirements. Assume the production requirements for first quarter of 2021 are 496,000 pounds. Prepare the sales, production, and direct materials budgets by quarters for 2020. PARGO COMPANY Production Budget December 31, 2020 Quarter 1 2 Expected Unit Sales 306000 425000 Add Desired Ending Direct Materials (Pounds) Total Required Units Less Beginning Finished Goods Units Required Production Units PARGO COMPANY PARGO COMPANY Direct Materials Budget Quarter 1 2 . . $ $ $ $ LA 8