(Source: Apple, Inc.) Total Net Sales for Apple, Inc.
300
250
265.6 260.11
274.52
200
233.72
229.23
215.64
150
182.8
Total Net Sales (in billions of dollars)
170.91
156.51
100
108.25
50
0
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2017 2018
2019
2020
2021
2015 2016
Year
1) Determine the years in which the sales showed the greatest increase and the years in which the sales showed
the least amount of increase. Explain your choices.
2) Determine the years in which the sales showed the greatest decrease and the years in which the sales showed
the least amount of decrease. Explain your choices.
3) Imagine a line connecting the endpoints at 2011 and 2020. What is the slope of that line? Round to two decimal
places and include units.
4) Interpret the meaning of the slope in part (3) in the context of the problem.