Pharmacist John S. Pemberton invented a soft drink Germany was a growing market for Coca-Cola, along in 1886 that eventually became not only an integra with other countries in Europe, before World War II part of everyday life in the United States but also a symbol of consumerism worldwid Coca-Cola vending machines were installed in Germany, and in 1930, the German branch of the Coca-Cola Co. opened in Essen. With the previous data given, calculate the company's sales growth rate for each time period in the following table: e. In 1929 the first Growth Rate Coca-Cola sales in Germany were 243,000 cases in 1934, 1 lion cases in 1936, and 4.5 million cases in 1939 Years 1934-1936 1936-1939 1934-1939 Source: "Coca-Cola GmbH and World War Two," www.gettherealfacts.co.uk/docs/gmbh.pdf) 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 present value.) cases. (Hint: Use sales data from 1939 as the