A Technical Writer Wants to Create a Graphic Showing the Proportion

question 13

Multiple Choice

A technical writer wants to create a graphic showing the proportion of hurricanes that have hit each of the Gulf Coast states between 1900 and 2005. The graphic will be included in a safety brochure to be distributed to the public by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Which graphic best displays these data?

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Definitions:

Overhead Costs

Expenses related to the operation of a business that cannot be directly linked to a specific product or service, such as utilities and administration salaries.

Indirect Labor

Labor costs not directly associated with the manufacture of products or performance of services, such as maintenance and supervision.

Activity Rate

A rate that determines the cost driver of a particular activity, used in activity-based costing to allocate costs to products or services.

Supervising

The act of overseeing and managing employees or processes to ensure that tasks are completed efficiently and effectively.