Construct a Pie Chart Representing the Given Data Set

question 115

Essay

Construct a pie chart representing the given data set.
-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 graph 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 graph
misleading? What visual impression is created by the graph?

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Definitions:

Risk-Free Rate

The expected yield from an investment that carries no risk, commonly exemplified by state bonds.

Dividend

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Stock Index Futures

Financial contracts that obligate the buyer to purchase or the seller to sell a stock index at a predetermined price on a specified future date.