E$5-15$ Refer to E$5-12$ and E$5-13.$ After completing Star City Research's income statement for the year ended December $31,2023,$ compute these ratios to evaluate Star City Research's performance:$1.$ Gross margin percentage$2.$ Inventory turnover $($ending inventory $1$ year earlier, at December $31,2022,$ was $$54,500)$mpare your figures with the $2022$ gross margin percentage of $40\mathrm{.}13$ percent and the inventory tumover e of $3\mathrm{.}82$ times. Does the $2-$year trend suggest that Star City Research's profits are increasing or creasing?