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The Home Depot reported the following data (in millions) in its recent financial statements:

	year 2	year 1
sales	$70,395	$67,977
Total assets at the end of the year	40,518	40,125
Total assets at the beggining of the year	40,125	40,877

(a) Determine the ratio of sales to assets for The Home Depot for Year 2 and Year 1. Round to two decimal places.

(b) What conclusions can be drawn from these ratios concerning the trend in the ability of The Home Depot to effectively use its assets to generate sales?