Jasper Jewelry has $170 million in sales. The company expects that its sales will increase 4% 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 = $9 + 0.09(Sales)
Given the estimated sales forecast and the estimated relationship between inventories and sales, what is your forecast of the company's year-end inventory level? Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculations.