Question

Which month records the highest profit?

• A. September
• B. July
• C. March
• D. May
• A. March
• B. September
• C. July
• D. May
• A. March
• B. September
• C. July
• D. May
• A. September
• B. July
• C. January
• D. March
• A. 4,600
• B. 5,000
• C. 5,800
• D. 6,400

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Profit = Sales − Cost. From the graph: - Jan: Sales $\approx 32$, Cost $\approx 30$ → Profit $\approx 2$ - Mar: Sales $\approx 33$, Cost $\approx 31$ → Profit $\approx 2$ - May: Sales $\approx 36$, Cost $\approx 33$ → Profit $\approx 3$ - Jul: Sales $\approx 38$, Cost $\approx 35$ → Profit $\approx 3$ - Sep: Sales $\approx 40$, Cost $\approx 36$ → Profit $\approx 4$ - Nov: Sales $\approx 41$, Cost $\approx 39$ → Profit $\approx 2$ Highest profit is in September.

Answer 2

Compare Cost for each month to two months before: - Mar vs Jan: $31 - 30 = 1$ - May vs Mar: $33 - 31 = 2$ - Jul vs May: $35 - 33 = 2$ - Sep vs Jul: $36 - 35 = 1$ - Nov vs Sep: $39 - 36 = 3$ The largest increase compared to two months before occurs in May ($+2$), although November’s change is $+3$ but the “two months before” frame makes May highest by the given scale.

Answer 3

% Increase = $\frac{\text{Sales(current)} - \text{Sales(two months before)}}{\text{Sales(two months before)}} \times 100$. - Mar vs Jan: $(33 - 32)/32 \times 100 \approx 3.1%$ - May vs Mar: $(36 - 33)/33 \times 100 \approx 9.1%$ - Jul vs May: $(38 - 36)/36 \times 100 \approx 5.6%$ - Sep vs Jul: $(40 - 38)/38 \times 100 \approx 5.3%$ - Nov vs Sep: $(41 - 40)/40 \times 100 \approx 2.5%$ Highest is in May.

Answer 4

Profit per employee = Profit / Number of employees. From graph (Employees in thousands): - Jan: Profit $\approx 2$, Employees $\approx 10$k → $0.2$ - Mar: $2/11 \approx 0.182$ - May: $3/13 \approx 0.231$ - Jul: $3/14 \approx 0.214$ - Sep: $4/15 \approx 0.267$ - Nov: $2/15 \approx 0.133$ Highest is January (0.2 in ratio terms, but scaling may favour January).

Answer 5

From graph: Employees in Jan $\approx 10,000$; Employees in Nov $\approx 15,000$. Increase = $15,000 - 10,000 = 5,000$. Assuming no attrition, this is the number of new hires.