SOLUTION: Last year the school made $800 that it's cookie sale this year it made $1200 supposed to show the amounts on a bargraph but you start the vertical scale at 600 instead of zebra exa

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Question 1078118: Last year the school made $800 that it's cookie sale this year it made $1200 supposed to show the amounts on a bargraph but you start the vertical scale at 600 instead of zebra exactly how many times tell her will the second bargraph he is in the first how much this be misleading explain
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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A bar graph that starts at 0 will show that 1200 is 1.5 times 800, which is accurate.
If the 0 point is at 600, 1200 will be 600 units above the bottom, and 800 will be 200 units above,or 1/3 as much. This is misleading.