The Table Shows the Number of Each Type of Book

question 38

Essay

The table shows the number of each type of book found at an online auction site during arecent search.

$$\begin{array} { | l | c | } \hline \text { Type of Book } & \text { Number } \\\hline \text { Children's } & 51,033 \\\hline \text { Fiction } & 141,114 \\\hline \text { Nonfiction } & 253,074 \\\hline \text { Educational } & 67,252 \\\hline\end{array}$$ a. Construct a relative frequency table for the book data.
b. Construct a pie chart for the book data.

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Definitions:

Average Product

The output per unit of input, such as the quantity of goods produced per worker, used to measure productivity.

Marginal Product

The additional output that can be produced by adding one more unit of a specific input, whilst holding other inputs constant.

Total Product

The total output of goods or services produced by a firm during a given period of time.

Diminishing Marginal Returns

A principle stating that as more of a production input is added, holding all others constant, the resulting additional output will eventually decrease.