Find online the annual$10-$K report for Costco Wholesale Corporation$($COST$)$ for fiscal year $2017.$ Answer the following questions from the financial$$ statements:

a$.$ What were$$ Costco's revenues for fiscal year $2017?$ By what percentage did revenues grow from the prior$$ year?

b$.$ What was$$ Costco's operating income for the fiscal$$ year?

c$.$ What was$$ Costco's average tax rate for the$$ year?

d$.$ What were$$ Costco's diluted earnings per share in fiscal year $2017?$ What number of shares is this EPS based$$ on$?$

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Part $1$

a$.$ What were$$ Costco's revenues for fiscal year $2017?$

$$Costco$\text{'}$s revenues for fiscal year $2017$ was $$$

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enter your response here million.$($Round to the nearest$$ million.$)$

Part $2$

By what percentage did revenues grow from the prior$$ year?

The percentage the revenues grew from the prior year is

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enter your response here$\%.($Round to two decimal$$ places.$)$

Part $3$

b$.$ What was$$ Costco's operating income for the fiscal$$ year?

$$Costco$\text{'}$s operating income for $2017$ was $$$

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enter your response here million.$($Round to the nearest$$ million.$)$

Part $4$

c$.$ What was$$ Costco's average tax rate for the$$ year?

$$Costco$\text{'}$s average tax rate for the year was

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enter your response here$\%.($Round to two decimal$$ places.$)$

Part $5$

d$.$ What were$$ Costco's diluted earnings per share in fiscal year $2017?$ What number of shares is this EPS based$$ on$?($Select the best choice$$ below.$)$

A$.$

The diluted earnings per share in $2017$ was $ $6\mathrm{.}08.$ The number of shares used in this calculation of diluted EPS was$264\mathrm{.}56$ million.

B$.$

The diluted earnings per share in $2017$ was $ $7\mathrm{.}90.$ The number of shares used in this calculation of diluted EPS was $440\mathrm{.}94$ million.

C$.$

The diluted earnings per share in $2017$ was $ $8\mathrm{.}51.$ The number of shares used in this calculation of diluted EPS was$308\mathrm{.}66$ million.

D$.$

The diluted earnings per share in $2017$ was $ $6\mathrm{.}08.$ The number of shares used in this calculation of diluted EPS was $440\mathrm{.}94$ million.

Costco's revenues for fiscal year $2017$ was $$($Round to the nearest million.$)$The percentage the revenues grew from the prior year is$($Round to two decimal places.$)$Costco$\text{'}$s operating income for $2017$ was $$($Round to the nearest million.$)$Costco$\text{'}$s average tax rate for the year was$($Round to two decimal places.$))$