(Solution) - Jasper Furnishings has 300 million in sales The company expect -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)

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Jasper Furnishings has $300 million in sales. The company expects that its sales will increase 12% this year. Jasper?s CFO uses a simple linear regression to forecast the company?s inventory level for a given level of projected sales. On the basis of recent history, the estimated relationship between inventories and sales (in millions of dollars) is as follows:
Inventories = $25 $ 0.125(Sales)
Given the estimated sales forecast and the estimated relationship between inventories and sales, what are your forecasts of the company?s year-end inventory level and its inventory turnover ratio?