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Table: Constant Cost Industries As of July 2011, oil companies had a 6.5 percent profit margin (for each dollar of sales, 6.5 cents was profit) , ranking 131 (profit margin is the far right column) . Other industries making the same profit margin include packaging and containers, office supplies, farm and construction, and newspapers. If these profits are typical, what does this similar profit margin across very different industries suggest about oil companies' profits?
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