Are sales (revenues) growing steadily, and, if so,
at what rate?
The Sales of all 4 types models of dirt bikes, which are the Enduro 250, Enduro 550, Moto 300 and Moto 450, is growing steadily between 2000 and 2003. However the sale of the motorcycles between 2003 and 2004 has decreased as much as 486,000. Referring to the information statement of dirt bikes motorcycles are sold, we can see the total of sales are 6,251,000 in 2000, 7,483,000 in 2001, 9,165,000 in 2002, 9,778,000 in 2003 and 9,292,000 in 2004.[1] Thus, the sales (revenues) do not growing steadily because the growing rate growing from 19.71% to 22.48% at the beginning, but after that the growing rate droping from 22.48% to -4.97%. The table below show that the growing rate of the firm’s sales and also the sales for each model
|
YEAR |
TOTAL OF SALES (DOLLAR) |
RATE (%) |
|
2000 |
6251 |
- |
|
2001 |
7483 |
19.71 |
|
2002 |
9165 |
22.48 |
|
2003 |
9778 |
6.69 |
|
2004 |
9292 |
-4.97 |
|
|
|
Sales
by Model |
|
|
|
|
Model |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
|
Enduro 250 |
1201 |
1663 |
2291 |
2312 |
2195 |
|
Enduro 550 |
2832 |
3290 |
3759 |
4078 |
3647 |
|
Moto 300 |
1755 |
1932 |
2454 |
2615 |
2627 |
|
Moto 450 |
463 |
598 |
661 |
773 |
823 |
( The data above taken from http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_laudon_mis_9/0,10571,2101577-,00.html
)