The two divisions of a high-tech company have performed quite consistently over the past five years. In each year, the telecommunications equipment division accounted for 35 percent of profits and 15 percent of revenues, and the high-speed internet division made up the balance.
Which of the following can properly be inferred regarding the past five years from the information above?
A. The telecommunications equipment division has made higher profits per dollar than the high-speed internet division.
B. Sales for both divisions have remained flat over the five years.
C. The high-speed-internet market involved tougher competition than the telecommunications equipment market during the past five years.
D. Management devoted a greater number of company resources to the telecommunications equipment division than to the high-speed internet division over the past five years.
E. More profitable products made up a higher percentage of the products offered by the telecommunications division.