EM-2998
Misleading diagrams
E Math · Secondary 4 · Hard · Misleading diagrams
A graph shows the monthly sales of a shop from January to April. The vertical axis starts at 80 units instead of 0, and the bars for March and April appear much taller than January. Which statement best explains why this graph may be misleading?
- The vertical axis does not start at 0, exaggerating the differences between the bars.
- The months are shown in the wrong order from April to January.
- The graph uses bars instead of a line to show the data.
- The horizontal axis is labelled with months instead of numbers.
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