Cedar Furniture makes dining chairs, with each chair requiring 15 board feet of premium wood. Cedar expects to produce 2,000 chairs in August and 2,200 chairs in September. The company maintains an inventory of wood equal to 40% of the next month's production needs. Determine the number of board feet of wood that Cedar Furniture should purchase in August.

Cedar Furniture makes dining chairs, with each chair requiring 15 board feet of premium wood. Cedar expects to produce 2,000 chairs in August and 2,200 chairs in September. The company maintains an inventory of wood equal to 40% of the next month's production needs. Determine the number of board feet of wood that Cedar Furniture should purchase in August.

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