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    "result": {"data":{"markdownRemark":{"html":"<p>We can apply an operation to every value in a pandas Series using a feature called broadcasting.</p>\n<p>Let’s read the <del>budget.xlsx</del> file into a DataFrame:</p>\n<pre class=\"grvsc-container synthwave-84\" data-language=\"py\" data-index=\"0\"><code class=\"grvsc-code\"><span class=\"grvsc-line\"><span class=\"grvsc-gutter-pad\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-gutter grvsc-line-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-content=\"1\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-source\"><span class=\"mtk10\">import</span><span class=\"mtk15\"> pandas </span><span class=\"mtk10\">as</span><span class=\"mtk15\"> pd</span></span></span>\n<span class=\"grvsc-line\"><span class=\"grvsc-gutter-pad\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-gutter grvsc-line-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-content=\"2\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-source\"></span></span>\n<span class=\"grvsc-line\"><span class=\"grvsc-gutter-pad\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-gutter grvsc-line-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-content=\"3\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-source\"><span class=\"mtk15\">data </span><span class=\"mtk12\">=</span><span class=\"mtk15\"> pd.</span><span class=\"mtk6\">read_excel</span><span class=\"mtk15\">(</span><span class=\"mtk16\">&quot;budget.xlsx&quot;</span><span class=\"mtk15\">)</span></span></span>\n<span class=\"grvsc-line\"><span class=\"grvsc-gutter-pad\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-gutter grvsc-line-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-content=\"4\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-source\"></span></span>\n<span class=\"grvsc-line\"><span class=\"grvsc-gutter-pad\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-gutter grvsc-line-number\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-content=\"5\"></span><span class=\"grvsc-source\"><span class=\"mtk15\">data</span></span></span></code></pre>\n<p><strong>Output:</strong></p>\n<p><span\n      class=\"gatsby-resp-image-wrapper\"\n      style=\"position: relative; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 452px; \"\n    >\n      <a\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-link\"\n    href=\"/static/ba6d7a90373f135d4d04b33d9cb8b32d/80d88/budget.png\"\n    style=\"display: block\"\n    target=\"_blank\"\n    rel=\"noopener\"\n  >\n    <span\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-background-image\"\n    style=\"padding-bottom: 74.5%; position: relative; bottom: 0; left: 0; background-image: url('data:image/png;base64,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'); 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display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 450px; \"\n    >\n      <a\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-link\"\n    href=\"/static/a6a4b3a75eb6b478d33b2e2dc4146b6b/31401/revenue.png\"\n    style=\"display: block\"\n    target=\"_blank\"\n    rel=\"noopener\"\n  >\n    <span\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-background-image\"\n    style=\"padding-bottom: 74.5%; position: relative; bottom: 0; left: 0; background-image: url('data:image/png;base64,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'); 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