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This graph displays the total profit of Students Travel for fares sold during 2007. Overall, there is a fluctuation in tickets sales along the year with noticeable peaks that coincide with university holiday’s periods.  From January to March the graph reached a first peak of $30.000 in tickets sold. In the next month, sales dropped to $20.000, followed by a continuous increase until mid June with $50.000, which represents the second peak. Sales decline sharply between 15th June and 15th July, with $15.000 in tickets sold at the lowest point. From this point, sales rose slowly and then jumped in August to $75.000 in October, which represents the last peak. After that, sales fell dramatically to $30.000 on November and remained stable during the next month.  The reasons that could explain this trend are probable related to students´ leisure periods and their duration. The first peak is just one month before Easter, when students have one week's holidays. Certainly, it is common for students to buy tickets in advance to obtain available and cheaper fares. The second peak on June is before mid year holidays, when the students have four weeks and which could explain the significant increase obtained in this period. The sales peak at the end of the year is consistent with summer break which is three months long providing a reasonable explanation for the last sharp increase.