When an analyst is looking at a company for the first time, which of the following four activities does he do first? a) defines the industries in which the company operates
b) sizes the market in which the company sells
c) Calculates the companys market share
d) estimates the breakdown of the companys cost base

a) defines the industries in which the company operates

Explanation:

In the case when the analyst begins to analyze the company so the first thing he see the industry how it operates whether it is understanble or not after that the growth should be potential or not

So here the option a is correct as it describe the industries in which the company would operates

So the same is to be considered for the first time

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b. a single paragraph.

a paragraph is a series of sentences that are organized and make sense, and are all related to a single topic . almost every piece of writing you do that is longer than a few sentences should be organized into paragraphs. this is because paragraphs show a reader where the subdivisions of an essay begin and end, and thus the reader see the organization of the essay into subjects in order to be able to understand its main points.