Marple Company's budgeted production in units and budgeted raw materials purchases over the next three months are given below:
- January February March
- Budgeted production (in units) 60,000 ? 100,000
- Budgeted raw materials purchases (in pounds) 129,000 165,000 188,000
Two pounds of raw materials are required to produce one unit of product. The company wants raw materials on hand at the end of each month equal to 30% of the following month's production needs. The company is expected to have 36,000 pounds of raw materials on hand on January 1. Budgeted production for February should be.