Zortek Corporation budgets production of $400$ units in January and $290$ units in February. Each finished unit requires six pounds of material Z$,$ which costs $$3$ per pound. Each month's ending inventory of material Z should be $50\%$ of the following month's budgeted production. The January $1$ inventory has $1,200$ pounds of material Z$.$ Prepare a direct materials budget for January.

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