Question

Class: Constructing graphs Student Activity Sheet 2; Exploring "Representing data" Date Page 2 of 7 3. What do you notice about the vertical axis used in Graph A? How does this affect the way the data are displayed? FA Graph A 24 The 520 16 Benton population in 1000s 12 2002 2004 2008 2008 2010 Year. ​

Answer 1

Explained below.

Explanation:

The vertical axis of Graph A represents the year for which the population of Benton is recorded.

Also the axis represents every other year, i.e. 2002, 2004, 2006 and so on.

This implies that the data is recorded for every other year.

Consider the data provided:

Benton population in 1000s Year

10 2002

11 2004

12 2006

13 2008

14 2010 ​

For every 2 years the population of Benton is increasing by 1000.

That is for every year the population of Benton is increasing by 500.

If we make the vertical axis using the years:

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and so on, the graph will remain same with more points to plot.

So, on altering the vertical axis the graph does not changes much.