funds spent for business r&d performed in the united states, by type of r&d, source of funds, and size of company: 2017-18
Table:
selected characteristic and company size
2017
2018

domestic r&d performancea
400100
441036

type of r&db

basic research
24829
28980

applied research
62132
65222

development
313139
346834

paid for by the companyc
339036
377806

basic research
18732
22312

applied research
49149
53229

development
271155
302264

paid for by others
61065
63230

basic research
6097
6668

applied research
12984
11993

development
41984
44570

source of funds

federal
24277
24685

otherd
36788
38545

size of company

small companiese

10-19
3311
4390

20-49
9435
11252

medium companies

50-99
10141
12321

100-249
17216
18547

large companies

250-499
14103
19645

500-999
17871
17657

1,000-4,999
65112
68578

5,000-9,999
40198
45337

10,000-24,999
73485
84420

25,000 or more
149227
158889

Give a concise answer to this question supported by the table contents. Return the answer in the JSON form {"answer": ["YOUR ANSWER"]}; for multiple items, use commas. The table caption is 'funds spent for business r&d performed in the united states, by type of r&d, source of funds, and size of company: 2017-18'. Answer this question using the table data: Businesses spent $441 billion on research and development performance in the united states in 2018, how many percent of increase from 2017?

{"answer": ["0.102314"]}