Xavier Stores Company and Lestrade Stores, Inc., are large retail department stores. Both companies offer credit to their customers through their own credit card operations.

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Xavier Stores Company and Lestrade Stores, Inc., are large retail department stores. Both companies offer credit to their customers through their own credit card operations. Information from the financial statements for both companies for two recent years is as follows (all numbers are in millions):

(a) Determine the(1) Accounts receivable turnover and(2) The number of days' sales in receivables for both companies. Round to one decimal place(b) Compare the two companies with regard to their credit cardpolicies.

Xavier Lestrade Merchandise sales Credit card receivables-beginning Credit card receviables-ending $28,000 $65,000 15,000 2,750 2,250 11,000