Acity keeps track of the number of new small businesses which open in any given year, as well as how many of those
new businesses report profit in excess of their initial investment after one year's time. an example of the data collected
can be viewed in the table below.
year
new
profitable
1998 1999
781 699
311 205
2000 2001 2002
626 730 762
217264244
if 684 new small businesses opened in 2003, approximately how many of them could be expected to turn a profit in
excess of their initial investment by 2004?
a 200
b. 236
c. 247
d. 272