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The above graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 03 Dec 2023, 01:23
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The above graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four salespeople over a six-month period.
Based on the graph, answer the questions below.

1. In which month was the lowest-performing salesperson's total the greatest percentage less than that of the highest-performing salesperson?

A. Jan
B. Feb
C. Mar
4. Apr

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2. A cash bonus is given to the salesperson with the highest total at the end of each month. For the period graphed, ______ salespeople won a bonus.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4

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3. The salesperson who experienced the highest month-to-month percentage increase in sales totals was:

A. Taylor
B. Pedro
C. Jessica

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Re: The above graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four [#permalink] New post   12 Aug 2016, 12:06
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Nevernevergiveup wrote:
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The attached graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four salespeople over a six-month period. Based on the graph, answer the questions below.

In which month was the lowest-performing salesperson's total the greatest percentage less than that of the highest-performing salesperson?
Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr

A cash bonus is given to the salesperson with the highest total at the end of each month. For the period graphed, __________ salespeople won a bonus
2/3/4

The salesperson who experienced the highest month-to-month percentage increase in sales totals was:
Taylor/Pedro/Jessica


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Re: The above graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four [#permalink] New post   12 Aug 2016, 22:08
Reply to part 2
jan - taylor
feb - marcus
march-taylor
april- jessica
may - pedro
june- taylor

so answer is 4 salespeople
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Re: The above graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four [#permalink] New post   12 Aug 2016, 22:11
Part 3:
to find the highest month to month percent increase, we can see the line with maximum slope
Jessica has the highest shift from February to march with high slope and so the answer is Jessica.
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Re: The above graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four [#permalink] New post   14 Aug 2016, 19:34
The answer to first one is April or Jan ?
This is too close.
Both are slightly higher than 2

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Re: The above graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four [#permalink] New post   15 Aug 2016, 08:59
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HMC wrote:
The answer to first one is April or Jan ?
This is too close.
Both are slightly higher than 2

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If you look at Jan, we have lowest slightly below 20k and highest around 25k. Hence, Almost 25%.

While in April, we have lowest slightly above 25k and highest slightly above 30k. hence , Almost 17%.

So, Jan is the right answer.
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Re: The above graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four [#permalink] New post   13 Feb 2021, 23:18
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1. January. Although the actual dollar difference between the low and high salesperson is similar in both January and April, because the totals for January are lower it should be clear that the percent difference will be larger in January when the denominator is smaller.

2. Four. For this question, just follow the line denotations for each salesperson and you'll see that each salesperson had at least one month with the highest total.

3. Jessica. From February to March, Jessica's total experienced the greatest single-month dollar increase, and since the sales totals for February were among the smallest it is also safe to say that it was the greatest percentage increase, as well.
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Re: The above graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2023, 01:29
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1. January. Although the actual dollar difference between the low and high salesperson is similar in both January and April, because the totals for January are lower it should be clear that the percent difference will be larger in January when the denominator is smaller.

2. Four. For this question, just follow the line denotations for each salesperson and you'll see that each salesperson had at least one month with the highest total.

3. Jessica. From February to March, Jessica's total experienced the greatest single-month dollar increase, and since the sales totals for February were among the smallest it is also safe to say that it was the greatest percentage increase, as well.


Hey Sajjad1994

The graph is no longer visible and there was no attached file for the backup. I will move this question to the active G&T Forum if we somehow stumble upon the required image of the graph.
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Re: The above graph denotes the sales totals for a company's team of four [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2023, 10:41
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BottomJee wrote:
Sajjad1994 wrote:
Official Explanation

1. January. Although the actual dollar difference between the low and high salesperson is similar in both January and April, because the totals for January are lower it should be clear that the percent difference will be larger in January when the denominator is smaller.

2. Four. For this question, just follow the line denotations for each salesperson and you'll see that each salesperson had at least one month with the highest total.

3. Jessica. From February to March, Jessica's total experienced the greatest single-month dollar increase, and since the sales totals for February were among the smallest it is also safe to say that it was the greatest percentage increase, as well.


Hey Sajjad1994

The graph is no longer visible and there was no attached file for the backup. I will move this question to the active G&T Forum if we somehow stumble upon the required image of the graph.


Yeah sure!

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