question 1:

The company financial officer was interested in the average cost of PCs that had been purchased in the past six months. She took a random sample of the price of 10 computers, with the following results. $3,250, $1,127, $2,995, $3,250, $3,445, $3,449, $1,482, $6,120, $3,009, $4,000 What is the third quartile? 0 $3,415.75 0 $3,586.00 0 $2,617.00 0 $4,212.00 0 $1,446.50 The following table shows the Price-to-Earnings ratio for a stereo equipment manufacturing company between 1998 and 2002. The annual percentage growth rate of the P/E ratios is also calculated and given below. Year P/E Ratio Growth rate (%) 1998 12.4 1999 14.6 17.74 (1998-1999) 2000 11.1 -23.97 (1999-2000) 2001 8.2 -26.13 (2000-2001 ) 2002 6.8 -17.07 (2001-2002) Calculate the geometric mean growth rate increase or decrease over the period from 1998 to 2002. O -1816 O .8616 -1397 O -.2592 O .7417