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White Corporation’s budget calls for the following sales for next year: Quarter 1 95,000 units Quarter 3 67,000 units Quarter 2 81,000 units Quarter 4 98,000 units Each unit of the product requires 5 pounds of direct materials. The company’s policy is to begin each quarter with an inventory of product equal to 5% of that quarter’s estimated sales requirements and an inventory of direct materials equal to 20% of that quarter’s estimated direct materials requirements for production. Required: 1. Determine the production budget for the second quarter. 2. Determine the materials purchases budget for the second quarter.