If the case deals with a decline in a financial metric (say profits or revenues),
1)is it fine to ask by how much it has declined (either as a % or numeric value) in the clarifying q to get a sense of the scale of the issue..or should you reserve this question for the analysis part?
2) Is it ok to ask if this is a client problem or industry wide problem in clarifying q or is this more relevant in analysis section?
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