Doanne Food Processing expects to have 36,000 pounds of raw materials inventory on hand on March 31, the end of the current year. The company budgets the following production (in units) for April through July, inclusive:April 120,000May 130,000June 140,000July 120,000

At the end of each month the firm desires its ending raw material inventory to be 10% of the next month's production needs. Each finished unit requires two pounds of raw materials. Doanne's budgeted purchases for raw materials (in pounds) during April should be:

The new york times (nov. 30, 1993) reported that “the inability of opec to agree last week to cut production has sent the oil market into turmoil . . [leading to] the lowest price for domestic crude oil since june 1990.” why were the members of opec trying to agree to cut production? so they could save more oil for future consumption so they could lower the price so they could raise the price why do you suppose opec was unable to agree on cutting production? because each country has a different production capacity because each country experiences different production costs because each country has an incentive to cheat on any agreement the newspaper also noted opec’s view “that producing nations outside the organization, like norway and britain, should do their share and cut production.” what does the phrase “do their share” suggest about opec’s desired relationship with norway and britain? opec would like norway and britain to keep their production levels high. opec would like norway and britain to act competitively. opec would like norway and britain to join the cartel.