Q$6.$ Suppose that Dell Corporation has $20,000$ computers in its warehouses on December $31,2016,$ ready to be shipped to merchants $($each computer is valued at $$500).$ By December $31,2017,$ Dell Corporation has $25,000$ computers ready to be shipped, each valued at $$450.$

a$)$ Calculate Dell$$s inventory value $($in dollars$)$ on December $31,2016.$

b$)$ Calculate Dell$$s inventory investment in $2017.$

c$)$ What happens to inventory spending during the early stages of an economic recession?