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Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions
Excerpts from Dowling Company's December 31,2016 and 2015,financial statements and key ratios are presented below (all numbers are in millions) :

-Dowling's 2016 profit margin is (rounded) :

• A)17.4%.
• B)18.5%.
• C)18.0%.
• D)16.5%.

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