
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Author: Libby
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Use the following information for questions 33-36: Lovely Manufacturing has scheduled production as follows for the next several months:
Months Production
January 1,000
February 1,200
March 1,400
Assume that it takes two pounds of raw material to make one finished unit and that ending inventory of raw materials for any month is scheduled to be 25% of next month production needs.
1.The beginning inventory of raw materials in pounds for January should be?
2. The desired ending inventory of raw materials in pounds for February is?
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