| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
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| 2 | domestic r&d intensity for companies located in the united states that performed or funded r&d, by company size: 2008-15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | company size | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| 4 | micro companiesa |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 5 | 5-9 | 27.9 | 9.7 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 7 | 6.8 | 10.1 | 10.7 |
| 6 | small companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 7 | 10-19 | 19.4 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 9.1 | 8.7 |
| 8 | 20-49 | 12.8 | 8.6 | 8 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| 9 | medium companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 10 | 50-99 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 6 | 5.6 | 6 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 6.7 |
| 11 | 100-249 | 6 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 12 | large companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 13 | 250-499 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 14 | 500-999 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 15 | 1,000-4,999 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 16 | 5,000-9,999 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 17 | 10,000-24,999 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 18 | 25,000 or more | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.4 |

Question: for the largest of companies (25,000 or more employees), what was the r&d intensity?
Answer: 3.4