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The following information is from General Electric Corporation's annual reports.
Compute a simple index for the number of employees for GE using the period 2013 as the base. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)
The index (2013 = 100) for selected years is:
What can you conclude about the change in the number of employees over the period? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
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