Check please.
Bar chart for each one because you have the values up the left side and item listed/categorized along the bottom for a more reader friendly chart for the data.
Type Amount Recycled (%) Amount Recycled (in millions of tons)
Paper and Paperboard 52.8 45.9
Yard Trimmings 22.2 19.3
Metals 8.6 7.5
Glass 3.7 3.2
Plastics 3.1 2.7
Wood 2.7 2.3
Food waste 1.6 1.4
Other 5.3 4.6
Date US Population
Jul 1, 2012 313.85 million
Jul 1, 2011 311.59 million
Jul 1, 2010 309.35 million
Jul 1, 2009 306.77 million
Jul 1, 2008 304.09 million
Jul 1, 2007 301.23 million
Jul 1, 2006 298.38 million
Jul 1, 2005 295.52 million
Jul 1, 2004 292.81 million
Jul 1, 2003 290.11 million
Jul 1, 2002 287.63 million
Restaurant Burger—Highest,Lowest Calories
McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese 750
McDonald’s Hamburger 250
Burger King Texas Double Whopper Sandwich 1000
Burger King Hamburger 240
Wendy’s Dave’s Hot ‘N Juicy 3/4 lb. Triple 1120
Wendy’s Jr. Hamburger 250
Type of Renewable Energy Distribution (%)
Hydropower 30
Biomass Wood 22
Biomass Waste 5
Biomass Biofuels 22
Wind 15
Geothermal 3
Solar 2
Use the above data to answer the following questions:
2. Looking at the data tables, you decided that the tables are not very reader-friendly. Evaluate the data presented, and then decide which type of graph would be the most appropriate to display the data: circle, line, bar graph. Then explain why you selected the type of graph to represent the data. Do this for each of the four data tables.
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