A Car Dealer Is Trying to Reduce the Number of Days

Essay

A car dealer is trying to reduce the number of days of inventory held at any given time on the lot. Assume that he projects the daily sales rate as the last two months averaged. Assume that the monthly sales rate for August was 12 cars/day, September was 14 cars/day, October was 12 cars/day, and November was 8 cars/day. Given an inventory of 500 cars at the start of November and 400 at the start of December, determine the number of days of inventory on hand at the start of November and December (also assume each month has EXACTLY 30 days of sales).