44. A) Hershey's net sales were up $312,928.00, from 1996 to 1997, from 1997 to 1998 net sales were up by $133,379.00 and from 1998 to 1999 net sales dropped by $493,961.00. The trend for Hershey's net sales over the last four years has been that it grew at a steady rate through 1998 but in 1999 the net sales dropped dramatically. Tootsie Roll's net sales were up $34,685.00 from 1996 to 1997, from 1997 to 1998 net sales were up $13065.00 and from 1998 to 1999 net sales continued to rise and were up $8,091.00. …showed first 75 words of 461 total…

…showed last 75 words of 461 total…continued to rise by $7,8043.00. Tootsie Roll's trend for total liabilities is that it has continued to rise from 1997 to 1999. C) Hershey's stockholders equity rose from 1997 to 1998 by $189,495.00 and it continued to rise from 1998 to 1999 by $56,326.00 Hershey's trend for stockholders equity was that it increased between 1997 and 1999. Tootsie Roll's stockholders equity increased from 1997 to 1998 by $45,294.00, and continued to increase from 1998 to 1999 by $34,189.00. Tootsie Roll's trend for stockholders equity was that it increased between 1997 and 1999. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**