Question

the pictograph on the right shows the average number of wildfires in a country between 2006 and 2012. approximate the number of wildfires in 2008. the number of wildfires in the year 2008 is approximately (type a whole number or a decimal.)

Explanation:

Step1: Determine the number of fire - symbols for 2008

Count the fire - symbols for 2008 in the pictograph. There are 8 fire - symbols.

Step2: Multiply by the value per symbol

Each fire - symbol represents 11,000 fires. So we multiply the number of symbols (8) by 11,000.
$8\times11000 = 88000$

Answer:

88000