A small business consultant is investigating the performance of several companies. The fourth quarter sales for last year (in thousands of dollars) for the selected companies were:
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Corporation
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Fourth-Quarter Sales ($ thousands)
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Hoden Building Products
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$ 1,645.2
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J & R Printing Inc.
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4,757.0
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Long Bay Concrete Construction
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8,913.0
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Mancell Electric and Plumbing
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627.1
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Maxwell Heating and Air Conditioning
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24,612.0
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Mizelle Roofing & Sheet Metals
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191.9
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The consultant wants to include a chart in his report comparing the sales of the six companies. Use a bar chart to compare the fourth-quarter sales of these corporations and write a brief report summarizing the bar chart.