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Murphey Wholesalers, Incorporated operated over 900 stores as of September 1, 2019. The following data were taken from the
company's annual report. All dollar amounts are in millions.
Net sales.
Cost of goods sold
Net income
Merchandise inventory
Fiscal Years Ending
September 1, 2019
$183,108
159,291
11,659
11,615
a Inventory turnover
b Average days to sell inventory
cMurphey's inventory management got
Required
a. Compute Murphey's inventory turnover ratio for 2019 and 2018. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)
b. Compute Murphey's average days to sell inventory for 2019 and 2018. (Assume 365 days in a year. Round your answers to the
nearest whole number.)
c. Based on your computations in Requirements a and b, did Murphey's inventory management get better or worse from 2018 to
2019?
2019
September 2, 2018
$169,976
131,212
9,134
11,240
times
27 days
better
2018
times
days
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