2023 Financial Performance for Leading Tech Startups Company Annual Revenue (millions) Employee Count DataFlow Corp $47.3 892 TechVision Inc $62.8 1,205 CodeStream LLC $38.9 634 The table presents 2023 financial data for three technology companies.

2023 Financial Performance for Leading Tech Startups Company Annual Revenue (millions) Employee Count DataFlow Corp $47.3 892 TechVision Inc $62.8...

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2023 Financial Performance for Leading Tech Startups

Company	Annual Revenue (millions)	Employee Count
DataFlow Corp	$47.3	892
TechVision Inc	$62.8	1,205
CodeStream LLC	$38.9	634

The table presents 2023 financial data for three technology companies.

According to the table, what is DataFlow Corp's annual revenue?

$\$38.9\text{ million}$

$\$47.3\text{ million}$

$\$62.8\text{ million}$

$\$892\text{ million}$

Solution

Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage

Part A: Create Passage Analysis Table

Text from Passage	Analysis
"2023 Financial Performance for Leading Tech Startups"	What it says: Title - 2023 financial data for tech startups What it does: Introduces the topic and time period What it is: Header/context
Table with Company, Annual Revenue (millions), Employee Count columns	What it says: Data structure: company names, revenue ($M), staff numbers What it does: Provides the organizational framework for the data What it is: Data structure
"DataFlow Corp - $47.3 - 892"	What it says: DataFlow = $47.3M revenue, 892 employees What it does: Presents DataFlow's specific financial data What it is: Data point
"TechVision Inc - $62.8 - 1,205"	What it says: TechVision = $62.8M revenue, 1,205 employees What it does: Presents TechVision's specific financial data What it is: Data point
"CodeStream LLC - $38.9 - 634"	What it says: CodeStream = $38.9M revenue, 634 employees What it does: Presents CodeStream's specific financial data What it is: Data point

Part B: Provide Passage Architecture & Core Elements

Main Point: The content presents comparative 2023 financial performance data for three technology startup companies.

Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely

What's being asked? A specific data lookup - DataFlow Corp's annual revenue figure from the table

What type of answer do we need? A numerical value in millions of dollars that appears in the revenue column for DataFlow Corp

Step 3: Prethink the Answer

Looking at our analysis, we need to find the revenue figure specifically associated with DataFlow Corp in the table
From our breakdown, DataFlow Corp shows $47.3 million in annual revenue
The question asks only about the revenue

Answer Choices Explained

$\$38.9\text{ million}$

✗ Incorrect

This is CodeStream LLC's revenue figure, not DataFlow Corp's

$\$47.3\text{ million}$

✓ Correct

This matches exactly what we see in the table for DataFlow Corp at $47.3 million

$\$62.8\text{ million}$

✗ Incorrect

This is TechVision Inc's revenue figure, not DataFlow Corp's

$\$892\text{ million}$

✗ Incorrect

This uses DataFlow Corp's employee count but incorrectly labels it as revenue

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