Lion Industries required production for June is 132,000 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 300,000 and 330,000 pounds, respectively. How many pounds of direct material Z must be purchased?

Raw materials to be Purchased 426,000

Explanation:

Raw materials production needs 396,000 (A)

Desired Ending Inventory 330,000 (B)

Total needs 726,000 (C) (A+B)

Beginning Inventory (300,000) (D)

Raw materials to be Purchased 426,000

(A)

Required production 132,000

each units required 3 pounds of raw materials per unit

so we multiply to get how many are required for production

(B) the desired inventory are additional units we need to purchase

(D) the beginning inventory are units we already have on inventory, decreasing our purchase needs.