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Hi Sajjad1994,

I did not follow the solution for the 3rd statement. Isn't the drop for equipment purchase (33-9 = 24 Mn) more than interest payments? Or am I reading something wrong here?

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Rent paid was equal to the median rent paid for the eight-year period.

In order to find the median, we can sort by the rent column and see that 0.31 million is the median (as it's the value in both the fourth and fifth positions in the list of 8 values). The year 2004 is one of the years that corresponds to this value, so the answer is Yes.

The total cost in the categories shown decreased as compared to 2003.

While it would be possible to calculate the total cost for 2003 and 2004, it's worth looking first to see if there's a dominant trend that can help us answer this question more quickly. While there are some cases in which 2004's expenditures were greater than those in 2003, the $24 million difference in equipment purchase and the $12.9 million difference in interest payments more than offset the differences in any other columns. Since both of these major categories are greater in 2003, the total cost did decrease in 2004. The answer is Yes.

Interest payments experienced the highest year-over-year drop for the eight-year period.

The drop from 2003 to 2004 is $12.9 million, much greater than the drop experienced in any other year shown on the table. The answer is Yes.
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Do not understand B. It says The total cost in the categories shown decreased as compared to 2003. Is stock dividend part of total cost?
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Nah bro, they asked for the Interest so you should compare among years for the Interest only.

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Hi Sajjad1994,

I did not follow the solution for the 3rd statement. Isn't the drop for equipment purchase (33-9 = 24 Mn) more than interest payments? Or am I reading something wrong here?

Thanks in advance :)

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Rent paid was equal to the median rent paid for the eight-year period.

In order to find the median, we can sort by the rent column and see that 0.31 million is the median (as it's the value in both the fourth and fifth positions in the list of 8 values). The year 2004 is one of the years that corresponds to this value, so the answer is Yes.

The total cost in the categories shown decreased as compared to 2003.

While it would be possible to calculate the total cost for 2003 and 2004, it's worth looking first to see if there's a dominant trend that can help us answer this question more quickly. While there are some cases in which 2004's expenditures were greater than those in 2003, the $24 million difference in equipment purchase and the $12.9 million difference in interest payments more than offset the differences in any other columns. Since both of these major categories are greater in 2003, the total cost did decrease in 2004. The answer is Yes.

Interest payments experienced the highest year-over-year drop for the eight-year period.

The drop from 2003 to 2004 is $12.9 million, much greater than the drop experienced in any other year shown on the table. The answer is Yes.
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3rd one
ask's difference between year and its previous year , ( is difference b/w 2003's interest payment and 2004 inetrest payment has highest difference among the list ) !!!!!
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Yeah, it is. Company is paying the dividends to the stakeholders. In fact, all the columns represent a certain kind of cost paid by the Company.
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Do not understand B. It says The total cost in the categories shown decreased as compared to 2003. Is stock dividend part of total cost?
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For the 3rd prompt, the drop in equipment purchases is from 33 to 9; isn't that a bigger drop?
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Rent paid was equal to the median rent paid for the eight-year period.

In order to find the median, we can sort by the rent column and see that 0.31 million is the median (as it's the value in both the fourth and fifth positions in the list of 8 values). The year 2004 is one of the years that corresponds to this value, so the answer is Yes.

The total cost in the categories shown decreased as compared to 2003.

While it would be possible to calculate the total cost for 2003 and 2004, it's worth looking first to see if there's a dominant trend that can help us answer this question more quickly. While there are some cases in which 2004's expenditures were greater than those in 2003, the $24 million difference in equipment purchase and the $12.9 million difference in interest payments more than offset the differences in any other columns. Since both of these major categories are greater in 2003, the total cost did decrease in 2004. The answer is Yes.

Interest payments experienced the highest year-over-year drop for the eight-year period.

The drop from 2003 to 2004 is $12.9 million, much greater than the drop experienced in any other year shown on the table. The answer is Yes.
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For the 3rd prompt, the drop in equipment purchases is from 33 to 9; isn't that a bigger drop?


Check what the question asks: whether the statement accurately represents the data for 2004.

For the third statement, we look at the Interest Payments column and ask whether the 2003–2004 drop, from 32.5 to 19.6, was the largest year-over-year drop in that column over the eight-year period.

The 33 to 9 drop is in Equipment Purchase, so it is irrelevant.
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