A small business consultant is investigating the performance of several companies. The Fourth quarter sales for last year (in thousands of dollars) for the selected companies were:

Fourth-Quarter Sales

Company ($ thousands)

Hoden Building Products ..........$ 1,645.2

J & R Printing Inc. ............ 4,757.0

Long Bay Concrete Construction...... 8,913.0

Mancell Electric and Plumbing......... 627.1

Maxwell Heating and Air Conditioning.... 24,612.0

Mizelle Roofing & Sheet Metals........ 191.9

The consultant wants to include a chart in his report comparing the sales of the six companies. Use a bar chart to compare the fourth-quarter sales of these corporations and write a brief report summarizing the bar chart.