Cyberphone, a manufacturer of cell phone accessories, ended the current year with annual sales (at cost) of $72 million. during the year, the inventory of accessories turned over eight times. for the next year, cyberphone plans to increase annual sales (at cost) by 25 percent. what is the increase in the average aggregate inventory value required if cyberphone maintains the same inventory turnover during the next year? (enter your response as an integer.)

INCREASE IN AVERAGE INVENTORY VALUE REQUIRED = $2.25 million

Explanation:

Inventory turnover will be determined as :

Inventory turnover = Annual sales ( at cost ) / Inventory value

Annual sales this year = $72million

Inventory turnover = 8 times

Therefore , Inventory value of current year = $72/8 =$ 9 MILLION

If annual sales ( at cost ) increases by 25%, Inventory value also has to increase by 25% to maintain the same inventory turnover ratio next year

Therefore , increase in average inventory value required = 25% of $9 million = $2.25 million

INCREASE IN AVERAGE INVENTORY VALUE REQUIRED = $2.25 million

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