FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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GreenThumb Organic Fertilizer Company plans to sell 210,000 units of finished product
in July and anticipates a growth rate in sales of 3 percent per month. The desired
monthly ending inventory in units of finished product is 85 percent of the next month's
estimated sales. There are 178,500 finished units in inventory on June 30. Each unit of
finished product requires 4 pounds of raw material at a cost of $1.25 per pound. There
are 840,000 pounds of raw material in inventory on June 30.
Required:
1. Compute the company's total required production in units of finished product for the
entire three-month period ending September 30.
Note: Round all intermediate calculations and your final answer to the nearest unit.
2. Independent of your answer to requirement 1, assume the company plans to produce
700,000 units of finished product in the three-month period ending September 30,
and to have raw-material inventory on hand at the end of the three-month period
equal to 25 percent of the use in that period. Compute the total estimated cost of raw-
material purchases for the entire three-month period ending September 30.
> Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
1. Total required production in units
2. Total estimated cost
$
234,980
3,325,000
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Transcribed Image Text:GreenThumb Organic Fertilizer Company plans to sell 210,000 units of finished product in July and anticipates a growth rate in sales of 3 percent per month. The desired monthly ending inventory in units of finished product is 85 percent of the next month's estimated sales. There are 178,500 finished units in inventory on June 30. Each unit of finished product requires 4 pounds of raw material at a cost of $1.25 per pound. There are 840,000 pounds of raw material in inventory on June 30. Required: 1. Compute the company's total required production in units of finished product for the entire three-month period ending September 30. Note: Round all intermediate calculations and your final answer to the nearest unit. 2. Independent of your answer to requirement 1, assume the company plans to produce 700,000 units of finished product in the three-month period ending September 30, and to have raw-material inventory on hand at the end of the three-month period equal to 25 percent of the use in that period. Compute the total estimated cost of raw- material purchases for the entire three-month period ending September 30. > Answer is complete but not entirely correct. 1. Total required production in units 2. Total estimated cost $ 234,980 3,325,000
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