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n 2008 and 2009, music sales in the United States exceeded $1.5 billion
making it fi ve consecuti ve years that music sales had exceeded $1 billion.
Digital music accounted for forty percent of the 2009 music purchases.
There's a lot of competi ti on among the online music stores, and Napster,
Zune Marketplace, Amazon MP3, Nokia Music Store, Tune Tribe, and the
other online music stores have very steep competi ti on from iTunes. Apple's
fi rst quarter 2010 report showed that iTunes had cornered 70% of the digital
download market, leaving its many competi tors behind in the digital dust.
The following acti vity illustrates how spreadsheets can be used to list
2009 and 2008 album sales by genre in the United States and calculate the
percentage of change in sales.
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1. Create a NEW spreadsheet.
Unless otherwise stated, the font should be 10 point Arial.
2. Type the data as shown.
3. Bold cell A2 and change the font size to 14 point.
4. Bold and underline row 4.
5. Bold row 18.
6. Format the width of column A to 30.0 and left align.
7. Format the width of columns B and C to 15.0 and right align.
8. Format the width of column D to 15.0 and center align.
9. Format cells B5 ­ C18 as currency displaying 0 decimal places and the $ symbol.
10. Format cells D5 ­ D16 as percentages displaying 1 decimal place.
11. Compute the formula for the fi rst genre as follows:
a. PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE=2009 SALES-2008 SALES/2008 SALES ­> In cell D5,
type
=(B5-C5)/C5
12. Use the AutoFill feature to copy the formula down for the remaining genres.
13. Change the font color of cells D5 ­ D16 to red.
14. Enter formulas to calculate the TOTAL for columns B and C.
15. Display formulas in your spreadsheet by using <CTRL> + ` to check for accuracy.
16. Carefully proofread your work for accuracy.
Music Sales in U.S.
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