Maple Leaf Foods Inc. reported the following selected information (in thousands) for the three years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013:

(a) Calculate Maple Leaf's receivables turnover and average collection period for 2015 and 2014.
(b) Indicate whether each of the receivables turnover and average collection period is better or worse in 2015.

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2015 2014 2013 Trade receivables (gross) $25,537 $ 20,498 $ 37,173 Al lowance for doubtful accounts 4 80 Sales 3,292,9323,157,241 2,954,777