For many competitive events, prize money is awarded to several individuals or teams. For example, the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament awards monetary prizes to the men's singles winner, the men's singles runner-up, the men's doubles winners, the women's singles winner, etc. The total amount of money awarded for all categories in a competition is called the "purse." Which type of display would be best for showing what portion of the total purse is awarded to each of the winning categories?

Box and whisker plot

Circle graph

Histogram

Stem and leaf plot

Question

For many competitive events, prize money is awarded to several individuals or teams. For example, the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament awards monetary prizes to the men's singles winner, the men's singles runner-up, the men's doubles winners, the women's singles winner, etc. The total amount of money awarded for all categories in a competition is called the "purse." Which type of display would be best for showing what portion of the total purse is awarded to each of the winning categories?

 Box and whisker plot

 Circle graph

 Histogram

 Stem and leaf plot

anonymous · Answer

Circle graph