| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | u.s. r&d expenditures, by performing sector, source of funds, and type of work: 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | performing sector and type of work | total | source of funds |  |  |  |  | percent distribution by performer |
| 4 |  |  | business | federal government | nonfederal government | higher education | nonprofit organizations |  |
| 5 | r&d | 606085 | 425999 | 129610 | 4762 | 20704 | 25010 | 100 |
| 6 | business | 445637 | 419268 | 25199 | 120 |  | 1049 | 73.5 |
| 7 | federal government | 58356 | 194 | 57956 | 45 |  | 162 | 9.6 |
| 8 | federal intramural | 36793 | 0 | 36793 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 |
| 9 | ffrdcs | 21563 | 194 | 21163 | 45 |  | 162 | 3.6 |
| 10 | nonfederal government | 656 |  | 269 | 387 |  |  | 0.1 |
| 11 | higher education | 74897 | 4580 | 37736 | 4210 | 20704 | 7669 | 12.4 |
| 12 | nonprofit organizations | 26538 | 1957 | 8451 |  |  | 16130 | 4.4 |
| 13 | percent distribution by funding source | 100 | 70.3 | 21.4 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | - |
| 14 | basic research | 101123 | 30261 | 41562 | 2526 | 12961 | 13813 | 100 |
| 15 | business | 29208 | 26549 | 2536 | 12 |  | 112 | 28.9 |
| 16 | federal government | 11096 | 39 | 11015 | 9 |  | 33 | 11 |
| 17 | federal intramural | 6827 | 0 | 6827 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 |
| 18 | ffrdcs | 4269 | 39 | 4188 | 9 |  | 33 | 4.2 |
| 19 | nonfederal government | 120 |  | 49 | 70 |  |  | 0.1 |
| 20 | higher education | 46983 | 2587 | 24288 | 2435 | 12961 | 4713 | 46.5 |
| 21 | nonprofit organizations | 13717 | 1087 | 3675 |  |  | 8956 | 13.6 |
| 22 | percent distribution by funding source | 100 | 29.9 | 41.1 | 2.5 | 12.8 | 13.7 | - |
| 23 | applied research | 116319 | 62989 | 39756 | 1636 | 5544 | 6394 | 100 |
| 24 | business | 66609 | 61036 | 5359 | 23 |  | 191 | 57.3 |
| 25 | federal government | 19704 | 90 | 19518 | 21 |  | 75 | 16.9 |
| 26 | federal intramural | 11111 | 0 | 11111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 |
| 27 | ffrdcs | 8593 | 90 | 8407 | 21 |  | 75 | 7.4 |
| 28 | nonfederal government | 514 |  | 211 | 303 |  |  | 0.4 |
| 29 | higher education | 20899 | 1368 | 10658 | 1289 | 5544 | 2041 | 18 |
| 30 | nonprofit organizations | 8593 | 496 | 4009 |  |  | 4088 | 7.4 |
| 31 | percent distribution by funding source | 100 | 54.2 | 34.2 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 5.5 | - |
| 32 | experimental development | 388642 | 332748 | 48292 | 600 | 2199 | 4804 | 100 |
| 33 | business | 349820 | 331682 | 17304 | 85 |  | 748 | 90 |
| 34 | federal government | 27556 | 65 | 27422 | 15 |  | 54 | 7.1 |
| 35 | federal intramural | 18856 | 0 | 18856 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 |
| 36 | ffrdcs | 8700 | 65 | 8567 | 15 |  | 54 | 2.2 |
| 37 | nonfederal government | 23 |  | 9 | 13 |  |  | 0 |
| 38 | higher education | 7016 | 626 | 2790 | 486 | 2199 | 916 | 1.8 |
| 39 | nonprofit organizations | 4228 | 374 | 767 |  |  | 3086 | 1.1 |
| 40 | percent distribution by funding source | 100 | 85.6 | 12.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | - |

Question: in 2018, how many million dollars of total u.s. r&d expenditures did basic research activities account for?
Answer: 101123

Question: in 2018, how many percentage points did basic research activities account for of total u.s. r&d expenditures?
Answer: 0.166846

Question: in 2018, how many million dollars of total u.s. r&d expenditures did applied research activities account for?
Answer: 116319

Question: in 2018, how many percentage points did applied research activities account for of total u.s. r&d expenditures?
Answer: 0.191919

Question: which performing sector had the most of the total of u.s. r&d expenditures at $388.6 billion, or 64%?
Answer: experimental development

Question: how many percentage points did higher education account for of the $101.1 billion of basic research in 2018?
Answer: 0.464612

Question: which performing sector was the second largest basic research performer?
Answer: business

Question: which performing sector was the majority performer of the $116.3 billion of applied research in 2018?
Answer: business