Question

Read the passage and examine the chart.

Local high school students were surveyed on what classes they would like to see offered on campus. Fifteen percent of the students surveyed wanted to see more domestic science classes, while 25 percent wanted to take a trade class. Sixty percent of students reported that they would like to take a digital media class.

A bar graph titled Class Survey Results showing Classes on the x axis and Percentage of Students on the y axis. Domestic Science, 15 percent. Trade, 25 percent. Digital Media, 60 percent.

Which statement best compares the two formats?

The text would be less appealing to auditory learners than the chart.
The audience would not be able to understand the chart without the text.
The chart provides the data from the survey visually, and the text describes it.
The chart is more reliable than the information found in the text.

Answer 1

The chart provides the data from the survey visually, and the text describes it.

Reason: the text states the percentages while the bar graph displays those same percentages visually; neither is more reliable and the chart can be understood without the text.