Statistics and Numbers Can Be Convincing If They Are Presented

question 15

Multiple Choice

Statistics and numbers can be convincing if they are presented in ways that are easy to see and hear.Which of the following is an example of the best way to represent numbers?

• A) Nineteen hundred and fifty eight billion dollars
• B) Just under nineteen billion dollars
• C) $19,361,979
• D) Less than 20,316,999
• E) $19 billion

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