Use the Following Selected Information from Whitman Corp

question 134

Multiple Choice

Use the following selected information from Whitman Corp.

-To determine the Year 1 and Year 2 trend percentages for net sales using Year 1 as the base.

• A)36.4% for Year 2 and 41.1% for Year 1.
• B)55.0% for Year 2 and 56.0% for Year 1.
• C)119.4% for Year 2 and 100.0% for Year 1.
• D)117.2% for Year 2 and 100.0% for Year 1.
• E)65.1% for Year 2 and 64.6% for Year 1.

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