A Company That Manufactures and Sells Three Different Types of Tires

question 44

Multiple Choice

A company that manufactures and sells three different types of tires wants to compare its yearly sales of each type of tire for the last four years. What type of graph or chart would best suit this purpose?

• A) a simple column chart
• B) a pie chart
• C) a component part line chart
• D) an organizational chart
• E) a clustered bar chart

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