Nathaniel wants to use a graph to represent the portion of the fish he observed with stripes as a percentage of the whole population. What would be the BEST type of graph to use?

Question

A. line chart
B. area graph
C. pie chart
D. histogram

Answer 1

C. pie chart

A pie chart is the best type of graph to represent percentages because it shows the relationship of parts to a whole. In this case, it would be able to visually represent the portion of the fish population with stripes compared to the total population.