Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Black Diamond Company produces snowboards. Each snowboard requires 2 pounds of carbon fiber. Management reports that 6,400 snowboards and 7,400 pounds of carbon fiber are in inventory at the beginning of the third quarter, and that 164,000 snowboards are budgeted to be sold during the third quarter. Management wants to end the third quarter with 4,900 snowboards and 5,400 pounds of carbon fiber in inventory. Carbon fiber costs $13 per pound. Each snowboard requires 0.5 hour of direct labor at $18 per hour. Variable overhead is budgeted at the rate of $8 per direct labor hour. The company budgets fixed overhead of $1,796,000 for the quarter. 2. Prepare the direct materials budget for the third quarter. BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY Direct Materials Budget Third Quarter Units to produce Materials needed for production (pounds) Total materials required (pounds) Materials to purchase (pounds) Cost of direct materials purchases
Master Budget
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2. Prepare the direct materials budget for the third quarter.
For the left columns you will be using the prompted drop down options. There are 4 drop downs that need to be completed.
**For the first drop down under "units to produce" the drop down options to choose from are:
Budgeted units sales for month,
Materials cost per pound,
Materials required per unit (pounds),
Materials to be purchased**
**For the second and third drop down the options are:
Add: Beginning material as inventory (pounds),
Add: Desired ending materials inventory (pounds),
Less: Beginning materials inventory (pounds),
Less: Desired ending materials inventory (pounds).**
**For the last drop down option above "Cost of direct materials purchased", the drop down options are:
Budgeted units sales for month,
Materials cost per pound,
Materials required per unit (pounds),
Materials to be purchased**
For the second column you are prompted to fill in the blanks with numbers. Please use the exact format in the photo. Thank you!
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