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Yummy Foods expects to have 49,000 pounds of raw materials inventory on hand on March 31 , the end of the current year. The company budgets the following production (in units) for April through July, inclusive: At the end of each month the firm desires its ending raw material inventory to be 15% of the next month's production needs. Each finished unit requires three pounds of raw materials. Yummy Foods' budgeted purchases for raw materials (in pounds) during April should be: 249,000 . 399,000 . 414,350 . 463,350