Projected sales for Tony Co. Ltd for next year and beginning and ending inventory data are as follows:   Sales 20,000 units   Beginning Inventory 1,000 units   Targeted ending inventory 5,000 units   The selling price is $15 per unit.   Each unit requires 3 kilograms of material which costs $2 per kg.   The beginning inventory of raw materials is 3,000 kg.   The company wants to have 2,400 kg of material in inventory at the end of the year.   Kilograms of material to be purchased would be:

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Projected sales for Tony Co. Ltd for next year and beginning and ending inventory data are as follows:

 

Sales

20,000 units

 

Beginning Inventory

1,000 units

 

Targeted ending inventory

5,000 units

 

The selling price is $15 per unit.   Each unit requires 3 kilograms of material which costs $2 per kg.   The beginning inventory of raw materials is 3,000 kg.   The company wants to have 2,400 kg of material in inventory at the end of the year.

 

Kilograms of material to be purchased would be:

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