Read the statement and identify the conclusion.
Statement:
The company doubled its profits this year.
Conclusions:
I. The company performed better than last year.
II. Profits were lower in previous years.

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1. **Meaning:** "doubled" means this year's profit = $2	imes$ last year's profit.
2. **I:** This shows the company did better than last year. So I follows.
3. **II:** It claims profits were lower in previous years (plural). We only know last year was lower. We cannot assume earlier years were lower.
4. **Conclusion:** Only I follows.

FINAL_ANSWER: a

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