The accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche is the largest international accounting firm in the world as ranked by total revenues. For the last two years, Deloitte & Touche reported the following for its U.S. operations:

a. For 2009 and 2008, determine the revenue per professional staff. Round to the nearest thousand dollars.
b. Interpret the trend between the twoyears.

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2008 $26 $274 139,760 133,100 2009 Revenue (in billions) Number of professional staff (including partners)