A company that specializes in planning parties for children had $$7,000$ worth of inventory on January $1,2018,$ and it had $$5,000$ worth of inventory on December $31,2018.$ If its cost of goods sold for that period was $$12,000,$ and its net profit was $$9,000,$ what was its inventory to turnover ratio?

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