A CFO Is Looking at What Percentage of a Company's

question 104

Multiple Choice

A CFO is looking at what percentage of a company's resources are spent on computing. He samples companies in the pharmaceutical industry and develops the following stem-and-leaf display (leaf unit = 0.1) . What is the smallest percentage spent on R&D?

• A) 5.9
• B) 5.6
• C) 5.2
• D) 5.02
• E) 50.2

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