44. What is the problem with the budget?
(A) The catering company raised its prices.
(B) The number of attendees has increased.
(C) The investors withdrew their funding.
(D) There was a calculation error.

Questions 44 through 46 refer to the following conversation.

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Hi Mark, I'm looking at the budget for the annual shareholder meeting. We seem to be overspending on the catering.Really, we are using the same catering company as last year and their prices haven't changed.The prices are the same, but the guest list has grown by 20%. We invited more potential investors this time. We need to cut costs elsewhere to balance it out well, we could reduce the flower arrangements.We budgeted $2000 for decorations.If we switch to simpler centerpieces, we could save about $800.That sounds reasonable. Please contact the florist and make that adjustment.