Question

A car company hires a marketing firm to advertise a particular model of car. After a year the marketing company presents the following graph to show the increase in sales resulting from their advertising campaign.

Answer 1

Yes, the graph makes it appear as if sales increased three folds.

Explanation:

The graph presented by the advertising company is misleading, as it attempts to exaggerate the effect of its advert on sales. This can be attributed to the scale which is isn't uniform.

Last year sale was about 137000 and it grew to 150000 as a result of advertisement.

But from the bar chart, it seems there was three times increase in sales.