Question

Bradley is preparing a presentation to show the CEO of his company. He wants to emphasize that the profits of their competitor have increased slowly over the past 16 months.
The graphs below show the profit, y, of the competitor over the past 16 months. Both graphs show the same information.



Complete the following sentences.

To emphasize the slow increase in profits, it would be best for Bradley to use 1)_________ for his presentation.

Bradley should use this graph for his presentation because the profit 2)___________ on this graph.

1)
A. graph A
B. graph B

2)
A. increases more
B. is less
C. increases less
D. appears to increase more
E. appears to increase less

Answer 1

Answer:) A. graph A

2) E. appears to increase less

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

1)  A. graph A

2)  E. appears to increase less

Step-by-step explanation:

The vertical scale extends farther on graph A, so the vertical extent of the plotted data is a smaller portion of it, making it look like the competitor's profit hasn't increased much.

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This is how you can use the scale of a graph to influence the way the graphed data is interpreted. The practice is all too common.