Question

The following graphs show the respective sales data of two store branches, east and west. All profits are listed in thousands of dollars. Which graph does not show the same data as the others?
I.A pie chart shows the sales for each month for each region. II.A graph has percentages for the sales for each month for each region.
III.A bar graph has month on the x-axis and sales (dollars times 1,000) on the y-axis. There are bars for east and west. IV.A line graph has month on the x-axis and sales (dollars times 1,000) on the y-axis. Lines show sales for east and west.
a.
I
b.
II
c.
III
d.
IV

Answer 1

b. II

Reason: II gives percentages (relative shares) rather than the actual sales in thousands of dollars like the bar, line and pie representations, so it does not show the same numeric data as the others.