Jill Barksalot owns Jill's Jams, a condiment conglomerate focused on world dominance. She sells a variety of jellies and jams that are just to die for mwhahaha. Using the provided data on her last several years of sales, prepare a statement of trend percentages using 2017 as the base year.  (in millions)  2017 2018 2019 2020 Sales             13,241          14,122            11,957              13,244 Cost of goods sold               8,987             9,534              8,272                9,101 Gross margin               4,254             4,588              3,685                4,143

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Jill Barksalot owns Jill's Jams, a condiment conglomerate focused on world dominance. She sells a variety of jellies and jams that are just to die for mwhahaha. Using the provided data on her last several years of sales, prepare a statement of trend percentages using 2017 as the base year. 

(in millions)  2017 2018 2019 2020
Sales             13,241          14,122            11,957              13,244
Cost of goods sold               8,987             9,534              8,272                9,101
Gross margin               4,254             4,588              3,685                4,143

 

  2017    2018      2019 2020
Sales        
Cost of Goods Sold        
Gross Margin        
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