The table below shows the data collected by a student about the total surface water withdrawn from five different states in the year 2000.

States Illinois Tennessee Colorado Ohio Indiana
Surface water withdrawals (million gallons per day) 21,800 15,400 14,200 13,700 13,700

Based on the table, which graph or chart would best show the percentage of surface water withdrawn by the five states?

Question

The table below shows the data collected by a student about the total surface water withdrawn from five different states in the year 2000.


States	Illinois	Tennessee	Colorado	Ohio	Indiana
Surface water withdrawals (million gallons per day)	21,800	15,400	14,200	13,700	13,700

Based on the table, which graph or chart would best show the percentage of surface water withdrawn by the five states?

iwik · Answer

attachment

iwik · Answer

A pie chart
B bar graph
C line graph
D scatter plot

prettylittlepsycho · Answer

I think it's B

iwik · Answer

Why b?

prettylittlepsycho · Answer

Well, it would be easier to see the varying difference.. It might be wrong, I haven't done this in awhile, but I'm pretty sure.

prettylittlepsycho · Answer

B or C

iwik · Answer

ok i ask someone else to make sure

prettylittlepsycho · Answer

Ok

iwik · Answer

@quinton1011

quinton1011 · Answer

this is math i can't help

quinton1011 · Answer

sorry

iwik · Answer

ok thanks for trying

quinton1011 · Answer

science or history i can help with

iwik · Answer

This is in earth space science but its more math

quinton1011 · Answer

in this i think D but i have no clue

mathmale · Answer

Two of the answer choices are too far off to be correct.  Which such choices could you eliminate?

iwik · Answer

i know A is probably not right...

iwik · Answer

i think the answer is either B or C

iwik · Answer

@dayakar

mathmale · Answer

Why not actually try drawing each kind of graph?  Which kind seems easiest to draw and most useful in helping the reader compare the percentages of surface water withdrawn?

mathmale · Answer

Note that word "percentage."  You might want to add up the water withdrawn by the five separate states, figure the percentage of that total that each withdraws, and then decide which type of graph would best display those percentages.

dayakar · Answer

it's A
pie diagram is drawn based on percentages

iwik · Answer

dosen't a bar graph show percents too

dayakar · Answer

:)

dayakar · Answer

we can  use pie chart for percentage,
example,
how many votes get each candidate in the election shown by pie chart,it is easy understand a lay man

iwik · Answer

ok Thanks for the example, i understand :D

dayakar · Answer

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these sectors drawn by taking percentages,1,2,3,4,5 are items (cities in the data)

dayakar · Answer

is it clear

iwik · Answer

yup thanks!