Does bread lose its vitamins when stored? small loaves of bread were prepared with flour that was fortified with a fixed amount of vitamins. after baking, the vitamin c content of two loaves was measured. another two loaves were baked at the same time, stored for one day, and then the vitamin c content was measured. in a similar manner, two loaves were stored for three, five and seven days before measurements were taken. the units are milligrams per hundred grams of flour (mg/100 g). here are the data.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.