Question: Exercise 8 - 3 ( Algo ) Direct Materials Budget [ LO 8 - 4 ] Two grams of musk oil are required for each

Exercise 8-3(Algo) Direct Materials Budget [LO8-4]
Two grams of musk oil are required for each bottle of Mink Caress, a very popular perfume made by a small company in western Siberia. The cost of the musk oil is $1.70 per gram. Budgeted production of Mink Caress is given below by quarters for Year 2 and for the first quarter of Year 3:
Year 2Year 3FirstSecondThirdFourthFirstBudgeted production, in bottles78,000108,000168,000118,00088,000
The inventory of musk oil at the end of a quarter must be equal to 20% of the following quarters production needs. Some 31,200 grams of musk oil will be on hand to start the first quarter of Year 2.
Required:
Prepare a direct materials budget for musk oil, by quarter and in total, for Year 2.

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