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On a graph with y-values ranging from 1,010,020 to 9,682,192, what is a reasonable scale to use on a y-axis with 10 tick marks?

1. Millions
2. Hundreds
3. Ten- thousands
4.Thousands

PLEASE HELP ME!!!

User Ayyoudy
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Divide the range by the number of marks: [9682192 - 1010020] / 10 = 867.217

So a reasonable scales is millions and the marks will be, 1 million, 2 million, 3 million, 4 million, ... until 10 million
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