During World War II$,$ Coca$-$Cola Co$.$ cut off all syrup sales to Germany in $1940,$ resulting in no sales from $1943$ to $1945.$ If Coca$-$Cola$$s sales had grown from $1939$ to $1945$ at the same rate that they grew between $1934$ and $1939,$ its sales in $1945$ would have been approximately cases. $($Hint: Use sales data from $1939$ as the present value.$)$