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A concrete corporation had cost of goods sold of $1,350,000 for the third quarter. The beginning inventory at cost was $145,000, and the ending inventory at cost amounted to $160,900. The inventory turnover rate published as the industry standard for a business of this size is 9.5 times. Round inventories to the nearest cent and inventory turnovers to the nearest tenth.
(a)
Calculate the average inventory (in $) and actual inventory turnover rate for the company.
average inventory$ inventory turnover times
(b)
If the turnover rate is less than 9.5 times, calculate the target average inventory (in $) needed to theoretically come up to industry standards. If the turnover rate is greater than 9.5 times, enter "above".
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