Question 198306
Simply average the years to get: {{{(1996+1998)/2=3994/2=1997}}}. So the midpoint in between 1996 and 1998 is 1997 (which is expected)



Since we averaged the years, we need to average the sales figures: {{{(500000+720000)/2=1220000/2=610000}}}



So the company's sales in 1997 was $610,000.