Charlie's Cycles Inc. has $180 million in sales. The company expects that its sales will increase 8% this year. Charlie'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 = 15 + 0.1445(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? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $25,000,000 should be entered as 25. Round your answer to two decimal places.
$_____ million
What are your forecasts of the company's year-end inventory turnover ratio? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.
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