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Net sales$688,500 $450,000 Cost of goods sold 337,364 133,200 Determine the 2016 and 2017 trend percents for net sales using 2016 as the base year.

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Answer:

Trend- % change in sales = 34.64%

Step-by-step explanation:

Trend analysis entails determining the performance of a business over time by comparing its performance data from one period to another. The aim of trend analysis is to identify the behavior of a set of ratios over a period of time by comparing them across different years.

To determine the trend for a particular data, we use the formula below

% Change in variable =

(Current year figure - Previous year figure)/Previous year figure × 100

DATA

Current year figure for sales (2017) - 450,000

Previous year figure for sale (2016) - 688,500

% change in sales = (450,000 -688,500)/688,500 × 100 = 34.64%

% change in sales = 34.64%

This implies that the company made sales in 2017 which is 34.64% less than that made in 2016

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