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Your parents are considering investing in Apple Inc.'s common stock. They ask you, as an accounting expert, to make an analysis of the company for them. Financial statements of Apple are presented in Appendix A. The complete annual report, including the notes to its financial statements, is available at the companys website.

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Make a 5-year trend analysis, using 2014 as the base year, of (1) net sales and (2) net income. (Round percentages to 0 decimal places, e.g. 15% and enter amounts in millions.)

APPLE INC. Trend Analysis of Net Sales and Net Income For the Five Years Ended 2018
			2018			2017			2016			2015			2014
(1)	Net sales		$enter net sales in millions			$enter net sales in millions			$enter net sales in millions			$enter net sales in millions			$enter net sales in millions
	Trend		enter trend in percentages rounded to 0 decimal place	%		enter trend in percentages rounded to 0 decimal place	%		enter trend in percentages rounded to 0 decimal place	%		enter trend in percentages rounded to 0 decimal place	%		enter trend in percentages rounded to 0 decimal place	%
(2)	Net income		$enter net income in millions			$enter net income in millions			$enter net income in millions			$enter net income in millions			$enter net income in millions
	Trend		enter trend in percentages rounded to 0 decimal place	%		enter trend in percentages rounded to 0 decimal place	%		enter trend in percentages rounded to 0 decimal place

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