If I were a banker and you said, I've been in business for 20 years, I have $400,000 in sales each and every year, and I want you to give me $75,000, that information would not be sufficient to allow me to make a decision, because you could have been in business for 20 years, you could have had sales of $400,000 a year, but you may have had expenses of $500,000 a year.
Si j'étais banquier et que vous me disiez, mon entreprise a 20 ans, mes ventes annuelles atteignent 400 000 $, et je voudrais que vous me prêtiez 75 000 $, ces renseignements ne seraient pas suffisants pour que je puisse prendre une décision, car même si votre société a 20 ans d'existence et que vos ventes annuelles atteignent 400 000 $, il serait aussi possible que vos dépenses annuelles soient de 500 000 $.