Sir please help me urgently AccountingA) A financial analyst states that company profithad increased by $1.8m compared to theprevious financial year.i) Are you able to decide whether the $1.8mincrease is large, small or of medium size? Brieflyexplain the reasoning behind your answer.ii) Provide an alternative statement using apercentage and assuming that the annual profitin the previous financial year was $900,000.iii) From your answer to ii) now make ajudgement about the increase of $1.8m profit i.e.do you consider it to be large, small or medium?

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A) A financial analyst states that company profit had increased by $1.8m compared to the previous financial year. i) Are you able to decide whether the $1.8m increase is large, small or of medium size? Briefly explain the reasonina behind your answer.

A) A financial analyst states that company profit had increased by $1.8m compared to the previous financial year. i) Are you able to decide whether the $1.8m increase is large, small or of medium size? Briefly explain the reasonina behind your answer.

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