3M's website at www.3m.com ( check this website ). Follow these steps : select "United States-English ." On the home page click on "About us" and select "investor relations ." Click on "stock information" and select "stock quote and chart."

1. scroll down and write the following:

a. Recent price

b. "52 week high "

c. "52 week low "

d. 52 week price percent change

e. Volume

2.continue scrolling down in the page to "investment calculator " and click on "chart $10,000 invested in 3M." How much would your investment be worth if you reinvested dividends ? Compare that to how much you would have if you did not reinvest your dividends

3.Scroll down further and click on "Data Book"

a. How has 3M's stock performed over the time given ?

b.what happened to the P/E ratio and can you give a reason is has changed ?

c.how was the dividend grown over time ? Would this have an impact on your observation in question 2.

d.what has happened to the annual earning per share ?

e.)how has the dividend changed , and how might this impacted by the growth in earnings per share ?