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Analysing Economic Interrelationships - Example 5

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This bar chart depicts the development in profits in trade from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2005. For every year, it shows the percentage by which the profits changed in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of the year, in each case in comparison to the same quarter of the previous year.

Development of Profits in Trade (respectively: change in comparison to the same quarter of the previous year)

Which of the following statements is / are correct?

I. In the first quarter of 2003, the profits were more than two percent less than those in the first quarter of 2002.
II. In the fourth quarter of 2004, the profits were the same as those in the fourth quarter of 2003.

(B) Only statement II is correct.
(C) Both statements are correct.
(D) Neither of the two statements is correct.

Degree of difficulty: high

Solution

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