Question

Suppose you are going to graph the data in the table below. What data should be represented on each axis, and what would be the appropriate increments?

Reporting periodsSales

Jan.–Mar., 2010$100,000 Apr.–Jun., 2010$55,000 Jul.–Sep., 2010$45,000 Oct.–Dec., 2010$110,000 Jan.–Mar., 2011$330,000 Apr.–Jun., 2011$800,000 Jul.–Sep., 2011$242,000 Oct.–Dec., 2011$150,000

x-axis: time period in increments of 1 month; y-axis: sales in increments of $1,000 x-axis: sales in increments of $1,000; y-axis: time period in increments of 1 month x-axis: time period in increments of 3 months; y-axis: sales in increments of $100,000 x-axis: sales in increments of $100,000; y-axis: time period in increments of 3 months

Answer 1

I think the answer would be the 3rd choice:
x-axis: time period in 3 month increments;
y-axis: sales in increments of $100,000