The graph shows the population of four towns.
(i will post it below)

a. Which town appears to have about twice the population of Town C?
b. Which town actually has twice the population of Town C?
c. Explain why the graph is misleading.

Question

The graph shows the population of four towns.
(i will post it below)

a. Which town appears to have about twice the population of Town C?
b. Which town actually has twice the population of Town C?
c. Explain why the graph is misleading.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

for c, the graph is misleading because of the horizontal axis being truncated..
unless you pay attention to the units on the horizontal axis, it looks as though the last bar is more than 4 times that of the third bar.