Holiday Company is a seasonal business. It earned twice as much in the fourth quarter as it did in each of the other quarters. W

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cluponka [151]

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Holiday Company is a seasonal business. It earned twice as much in the fourth quarter as it did in each of the other quarters. W

hat part of the earnings came from the fourth quarter

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dmitriy555 [2] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-17T18:12:19+03:00

dmitriy555 [2]3 years ago

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If the first 3 quarters each earn E dollars, then the fourth quarter earned 2E dollars for an annual earning of 3E+2E=5E dollars.

So the fourth quarter earned 2E/5E = 2/5 = 0.4 = 40% of the annual earnings.