You are a financial analyst working for a manufacturing company that produces and sells two very different products. The vice president of operations, Jerome, has asked you to prepare an analysis to explain why the company$$s total sales revenues decreased, while net income increased. He prepared the following preliminary analysis for you.

A line graph is titled, Net Income Trend Compared to Sales Revenues Trend. The vertical axis ranges from negative $$0$ to $$250,000,000$ in increments of $$50,000,000.$ The horizontal axis labeled Years ranges from $2024$ to $2025$ in intervals of $1$ year. Two trend lines are plotted on the graph. An increasing trend line labeled, Net Income, starts at $(2024,$ $$1,000,000)$ and ends at $(2025,$ $$25,000,000).$ A decreasing trend line labeled, Sales Revenues, starts at $(2024,$ $$200,000,000)$ and ends at $(2025,$ $$160,000,000).$ All values are approximate.

Briefly describe what you would suggest for each step in the data analysis process, then use critical thinking by describing at least two critical thinking elements for each step you listed.