Question

lesson 12: basic charts and graphs
circle graphs
according to the graph, which three activities make up half of an average american’s day?
a. caring for others, eat/drink, household activities
b. sleep, eat/drink, leisure
c. work/education, leisure, sleep
d. leisure, work/education, household activities
check answer
2008 american time use survey, hours
pie chart with labels: sleep, eat/drink, unpaid household activities, work/education, caring for others, leisure, other

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the circle graph (pie chart) from the 2008 American Time Use Survey. We need to identify three activities whose combined percentage is approximately 50% (half of a day, assuming a day's activities sum to 100% of time).

Looking at typical time - use survey data (and the chart's labels: Sleep, Eat/Drink, Work/Education, Leisure, etc.):

• Sleep usually takes a large portion (e.g., ~30%), Work/Education a significant share, and Leisure also a notable part. Or, Sleep, Eat/Drink, and Leisure could also combine to around half. But from the options:

Option c: Work/Education, Leisure, Sleep. These three activities are major time - consumers in a day, and their combined percentage is likely to be about half. Let's check the other options:

• Option a: Caring for Others, Eat/Drink, Household Activities – these are smaller - scale activities, not likely to sum to half.
• Option b: Sleep, Eat/Drink, Leisure – Eat/Drink is a small portion, so combined with Sleep and Leisure, maybe not exactly half as Work is a big part too, but compared to other wrong options, but actually, the correct typical combination (from time - use surveys) is Work/Education, Leisure, Sleep as they are the three largest non - trivial activity groups.
• Option d: Leisure, Work/Education, Household Activities – Household Activities is small, so not likely.

Answer:

c. Work/Education, Leisure, Sleep