A Technical Writer Wants to Create a Graphic Showing the Proportion

question 32

Multiple Choice

A technical writer wants to create a graphic showing the proportion of hurricanes that have hit each of the five Gulf Coast states between 1900 and 2005. The graphic will be included in a safety brochure to be distributed to the public by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Which graphic would best display the data?

• A) infographic
• B) line graph
• C) pie chart
• D) map

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