Alpha manufactures chairs, and each requires 4 board feet of lumber. Alpha expects that 1,500 and 1,700 chairs will be built in April and May, respectively. Alpha keeps lumber on hand at 40% of the next month's production needs.
Required:
(A) Use this information to determine number board feet of lumber that Alpha Company .
1. should buy in April
2. have for desired March ending raw material inventory.
(Round & enter final answers to: the nearest whole dollar for total dollar answers, nearest penny for unit costs or nearest whole number for units.)

On december 31, 2013, coronado company issues 173,000 stock-appreciation rights to its officers entitling them to receive cash for the difference between the market price of its stock and a pre-established price of $10. the fair value of the sars is estimated to be $5 per sar on december 31, 2014; $2 on december 31, 2015; $10 on december 31, 2016; and $8 on december 31, 2017. the service period is 4 years, and the exercise period is 7 years. prepare a schedule that shows the amount of compensation expense allocable to each year affected by the stock-appreciation rights plan.