Answer the Question. -A Parcel Delivery Service Lowered Its Prices and Finds That

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Essay

Answer the question.
-A parcel delivery service lowered its prices and finds that it has delivered twice as many
parcels this year as it did last year. To illustrate this fact, the manager draws a pictogram as
shown below. Each cube depicts a parcel. The side length of the "parcel" on the right is
twice the side length of the "parcel" on the left. Why is this pictogram misleading? What visual impression is portrayed by the pictogram?

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Definitions:

Registered

Officially recorded or listed, especially in a legal or formal context.

Pesticide Residues

The traces of chemicals left on or in crops and food products after pesticide application, which can have health implications.

Food Quality Protection Act

A 1996 federal law that set pesticide limits in food, & all active and inactive ingredients must meet safety standards for infants and children.

Toxic Substances Control Act

U.S. legislation enacted to regulate the introduction of new or already existing chemicals, with the aim of protecting human health and the environment.