The AFN equation and the financial statement-forecasting approach both assume that assets grow at relatively the same rate as sales. However, the relationship between assets and sales is often a little more difficult than that. In particular, some firms use regression analysis to predict the required assets needed to support a given level of sales. Sirius Cybernetics Corp. has used its historical sales and asset data to estimate the following regression equations: calculate Sirius Cybernetics Corp.'s forecasted values for accounts receivable and inventories needed to support next year's sales. Based on the next year's accounts receivable and inventory levels predicted by Sirius Cybernetics Corp.'s regression equations, the firm's DSO fext year is expected to be . Use 365 days as the length of a year in all calculations