Which of the following would cause the demand for carpenters to increase? a. a decrease in immigrationb. an increase in the demand for housingc. an increase in the price of lumberd. a decrease in the productivity of carpenters

Three pounds of material a are required for each unit produced. the company has a policy of maintaining a stock of material a on hand at the end of each quarter equal to 30% of the next quarter's production needs for material a. a total of 35,000 pounds of material a are on hand to start the year. budgeted purchases of material a for the second quarter would be: