Compuglobal Corp. currently has $660,000 in accounts receivable and generated $4,650,000 in sales (all on credit) during the year that just ended. The firm's days sales outstanding (DSO) is (38.86/ 51.81/ 49.22/ 41.45) days. Use 365 days as the length of a year in all calculations.

Compuglobal Corp.'s CFO is unhappy with its DSO and wants to improve collections next year. Sales are expected to grow by 12% next year, and the CFO wants to lower the DSO to the industry average of 30 days. How much accounts receivable is the firm expected to carry?

$428,055

$406,652

$449,458

$513,666