Question

bradley is preparing a presentation to show the ceo of his company. he wants to emphasize that the profits of their competitor have increased slowly over the past 16 months. the graphs below show the profit, y, of the competitor over the past 16 months. both graphs show the same information. complete the following sentences. to emphasize the slow increase in profits, it would be best for bradley to use for his presentation. bradley should use this graph for his presentation because the profit on this graph.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the y - axis scales

Graph A has a y - axis (profit) scale from 0 to 40 (in thousands of dollars), and Graph B has a y - axis scale from 0 to 20 (in thousands of dollars). When we want to emphasize a slow increase, a graph with a larger range on the y - axis makes the change look smaller (slower).

Step2: Determine the graph for slow increase

To emphasize a slow increase in profits, we need a graph where the profit values are spread out over a larger y - axis range. Graph A has a larger y - axis range (0 - 40) compared to Graph B (0 - 20). So, the profit values will appear to increase more slowly on Graph A. Also, we need to check the trend. Both graphs show the same data, but the scale of Graph A makes the increase look slower.

Answer:

To emphasize the slow increase in profits, it would be best for Bradley to use \(\boldsymbol{\text{Graph A}}\) for his presentation. Bradley should use this graph for his presentation because the profit \(\boldsymbol{\text{appears to increase more slowly}}\) on this graph (due to the larger y - axis scale which makes the rate of increase seem smaller).