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Chapter 6: 10SE (page 360)

Question:Broadway Communications reported the following figures in its annual financial statements:

Cost of Goods Sold $ 18,400

Beginning Merchandise Inventory 560

Ending Merchandise Inventory 450

Compute the rate of inventory turnover and days’ sales in inventory for BroadwayCommunications. (Round to two decimal places.)

Short Answer

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Inventory turnover:36.44

Days’ sales in inventory:10 days

Step by step solution

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Step-by-Step-SolutionStep1: Inventory turnover

inventoryTurnover=CostofgoodssoldAverageInventory=$18,400$560+$4502=$18,400$505=36.44

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Days’ sales in inventory

InventoryTurnover=365InventoryTunrover=36536.44=10days

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