According to USA Today, the Largest Categories of Sports Equipment

question 8

Multiple Choice

According to USA Today, the largest categories of sports equipment sales are as follows: fishing ($2.0 billion) ; firearms and hunting ($3.1 billion) ; camping ($1.7 billion) ; golf ($2.5 billion) . What type of graph would depict these different categories and their relative
Amounts the best?

• A) A pie chart
• B) A bar chart
• C) A column chart
• D) A Pareto chart

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