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Question 1

Revenues

YEAR 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991

Revenues $5,943 $4,769 $4,448 $3,059 $2,892

A bar graph is often used to give a visual presentation of data to indicate the proportions that make up a given total. It indicates as easy way to measure the annual data. The above graph shows the revenue of the bombardier inc. when we use bar graph to represent the revenues it can be easily identified. It is showing that a clear view of revenue increasing and decreasing over the past 5 years of Bombardier inc.

Revenues by products

Year 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991

Transport equipment 1310 1312 1238 726 697

Aerospace 2981 2243 2228 1519 1383

motorized consumer products 1111 791 556 392 398

other 541 423 426 422 414

* Line graph is used to show how values change over a period of time. By using this tpe of graph it is easier to compare the revenues generated by each product.

* The above line graph shows the earnings of bombardier Inc products, and it shows that there is an outstanding growth of revenue from Aerospace in 1995, it is also showing that bombardier generates more revenue from aerospace than any of their other products.

Revenue by market

Year 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991

North America 3266 2524 2131 1233 1247

Europe 2034 1946 2119 1652 1383

Other 643 299 198 174 262

* This line graph is used as it is showing how things changes overtime. This graph is showing how the revenue generated in different market has changed over the time.

* The above graph shows the revenue generated in Europe market has decreased over the year hence, this was offset by higher volume in North American market. As shown in the above graph north America has generated most revenue for Bombardier since 1993.

Net Income

Year 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991

Net Income 242 176 133 108 100

The column chart shows the net income for the five years very clearly. In 1995 bombardier earns a rapid income growth when compared to last four years.

By comparing these 5 years it can be said that it has had a great improvement and increase in revenue which led to an increase in net income.

Before Tax income

Year 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991

Before Tax income 346 207 151 121 121

This type of graph is best to be used when comparing before tax income, as it can be easily understood to anyone about how the figures have raised and fallen over the years.

The above graph is showing a constant increase over the past 5 years and from 1994 to 1995 is is showing a dramatic increase in before tax income.

Before tax income by product

Year 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991

Transportation equipment 66 -24 -73 4 20

Aerospace 141 137 181 137 113

Motorized Consumer Products 117 76 29 -9 -30

Other 21 18 14 -10 17

By representing this type of graph to show before tax income by product it is clearly representing how it has fluctuated over the time period. This type of graphs also differentiates different products and it can be easily identified which product has increased and decreased.

It is showing that transportation and equipment has decreased the most significantly in 1993 and aerospace has got the highest before tax and income in 1993. It is also showing that all the products has increased their before tax income except Aerospace.

Share price

Year 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991

High 25 22 17.38 17.6 10.31

Low 18 9.63 10.63 8.38 7.25

 The line graph above shows that in 1995, at low the share prices of Bombardier were higher than even the highest prices till 1993.

 A line graph is simpler to plot share prices and such so that exact amounts can be easily identified and trends drawn.

Question 2

Mean SAT Verbal and Math Scores by State - 1990 through 2004

2004 2003

STATE Participation Rate 2004 Mean SAT I Verbal Mean SAT I Math Participation Rate 2003 Mean SAT I Verbal Mean SAT I Math

New York 87% 497 510 82% 496 510

Connecticut 85% 515 515 84% 512 514

Massachusetts 85% 518 523 82% 516 522

New Jersey 83% 501 514 85% 501 515

New Hampshire 80% 522 521 75% 522 521

D.C. 77% 489 476 77% 484 474

Maine 76% 505 501 70% 503 501

Pennsylvania 74% 501 502 73% 500 502

Delaware 73% 500 499 73% 501 501

Georgia 73% 494 493 66% 493 491

Rhode Island 72% 503 502 74% 502 504

Virginia 71% 515 509 71% 514 510

North Carolina 70% 499 507 68% 495 506

Maryland 68% 511 515 68% 509 515

Florida 67% 499 499 61% 498 498

Vermont 66% 516 512 70% 515 512

Indiana 64% 501 506 63% 500 504

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