The forecasted earnings-per-share of CPY A and CPY B for Years 1 thru 6 are given in the table below:

	CPY A	CPY B
Year 1	10.16	4.6
Year 2	10.48	5.01
Year 3	10.81	5.46
Year 4	11.15	5.95
Year 5	11.51	6.48
Year 6	11.87	7.06

Based on the above values, CPY A will likely have a _______ P/E ratio than CPY B; and, CPY As EPS is growing at a rate of _______% per year, over the 5-year period from Year 1 to Year 6.

a.

lower; 3.16

b.

lower; 6.32

c.

lower; 9.48

d.

higher; 3.16

e.

higher; 6.32

f.

higher; 9.48