Flipper has just completed the final development of its only product, general pesticide ,which can be programmed to kill most insects before dying themselves. The product has taken 3 years and $6,000,000 to develop. The following costs are expected to be incurred on a monthly basis for the normal production level of 1,000,000 pounds of the new product:

Direct materials	300,000
direct labor	1,250,000
variable factory overhead	450,000
fixed factory overhead	2,000,000
variable selling general and admin	900,000
fixed selling general and admin	1,500,000
total	$ 6,400,000

At a sales price of $5.90 per pound, the sales in pounds necessary to ensure a $3,000,000 profit the first year would be (to the nearest thousand pounds)

A. 13,017,000 pounds. B. 14,000,000 pounds. C. 15,000,000 pounds. D. 25,600,000 pounds.