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a) identify and describe at the least for categories offinancial analysis?b)comparative analysis an important tool of financial analysisi. explain the usefulness of comparative financial statementanalysis. ii. describe how financial statement comparisons areeffectively made. iii. discuss the necessary precautions an analystshould take in performing the comparative analysis?c) ratio analysis an important tool of financial analysis.identify at least four rations using:i. statement of financial position exclusively ii statements ofincome date exclusively. iii. both statement of financial positionexclusively ii statements of income date exclusively.d)perform a comparative analysis of Eastman corporation bycompleting the analysis below. describe and comment on anysignificant findings in your comparative analysis.