The following data are taken from the financial statements:   Current Year Preceding Year Sales $3,600,000     $4,000,000                 Cost of goods sold 2,000,000     2,700,000                 Beginning inventory 372,000     352,000                 Inventory, end of year 390,000     372,000                 a. Determine for each year (1) the inventory turnover and (2) the number of days' sales in inventory. 1. The inventory turnover: (If required, round your answers to one decimal place.) Current Year fill in the blank 1 Preceding Year fill in the blank 2 2. The number of days' sales in inventory: Assume a 365-day year. (Round your intermediate calculation to whole number and final answers to two decimal places.) Current Year fill in the blank 3 days Preceding Year fill in the blank 4 days b. Comment on the favorable and unfavorable trends revealed by the data. Sales (decreased/increased) while gross profit (decreased/increased). The inventory turnover (declined/rose) and the number of days' sales in inventory (decreased/increased), which are unfavorable trends.

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The following data are taken from the financial statements:

  Current Year Preceding Year
Sales $3,600,000     $4,000,000                
Cost of goods sold 2,000,000     2,700,000                
Beginning inventory 372,000     352,000                
Inventory, end of year 390,000     372,000                

a. Determine for each year (1) the inventory turnover and (2) the number of days' sales in inventory.

1. The inventory turnover: (If required, round your answers to one decimal place.)

Current Year
fill in the blank 1

Preceding Year
fill in the blank 2

2. The number of days' sales in inventory: Assume a 365-day year. (Round your intermediate calculation to whole number and final answers to two decimal places.)

Current Year
fill in the blank 3 days

Preceding Year
fill in the blank 4 days

b. Comment on the favorable and unfavorable trends revealed by the data.

Sales (decreased/increased) while gross profit (decreased/increased). The inventory turnover (declined/rose) and the number of days' sales in inventory (decreased/increased), which are unfavorable trends.

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