Response to the following problem:
Yummy Jams Company produces a line of jams. Yummy's estimated production of jars of jam for the fourth quarter of the year is as follows: October 75,000 November 98,000 December 63,000 Each jar requires half a pound of berries. Yummy prefers to buy the freshest berries, so its policy is to have just 3 percent of the following month's production needs in ending inventory. On October 1, the company had 1,125 pounds of berries in inventory. Yummy's pays $0.60 per pound of berries. It buys all berries on account and typically pays 40 percent of a month's purchases in that month, and the remaining 60 percent the following month.
How many pounds of berries will be purchased during the month of November?