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Question: what was the percent of the change in the cash provided by operations from 2017 to 2018\\n
Evidence:
text_1: in fiscal 2018 , cash provided by operations was $ 2.8 billion compared to $ 2.4 billion in fiscal 2017 .
Program: subtract(2.8, 2.4), divide(#0, 2.4)
Answer:
str_answer: 16.7%
exe_answer: 0.16667