Yummy Foods expects to have 43,000 pounds of raw materialsinventory on hand on March 31, the end of the current year. Thecompany's following production (in units) for April through July,inclusive:April - 127,000May - 137,000June 153,000July 127,000At the end of each month, the firm desires its ending raw materialinventory to be 10% of the next month's production needs. Eachfinished unit requires three pounds of raw materials.Yummy Foods budgeted purchases (in pounds) of raw materials forJune would be:A) 451,200B) 459,000C) 466,800D) 497,100E) 543,000

Step 1: Key InformationProduction for June = 153,000 units.Production for July = 127,000 units.Each…

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