Question

N the progressa company required production for june is 44,000 units. to make one unit of finished product, three pounds of direct material z are required. actual beginning and desired ending inventories of direct material z are 100,000 and 110,000 pounds, respectively. how many pounds of direct material z must be purchased?

Answer 1

To make one unit of the finished product, the total amount (in pounds) of the material needed is,
                                   m = 110,000 lbs - 100,000 lbs 
                                       = 10,000 lbs/unit
To determine how much of this is needed for 44,000 units, we just have to multiply the calculated amount by the number of units. 
                                    total mass = (44,000 units)(10,000 lb/unit)
                                                    = 440,000,000 lbs