The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports the number of
traffic fatalities for 2011, 2012 and 2013 for various types of a passenger cars.
Subcompact Compact Intermediate Full-Size Other Total
2011 1352 3801 4066 2647 148 12014
2012 1360 3866 4088 2860 187 12361
2013 1206 3610 4083 2830 248 11977
Total 3918 11277 12237 8337 583 36352
(a) Draw a bar chart for the distribution of year (total),
(b) Draw a pie chart for the distribution of year (total),
(c) What does the bar chart tell you that the pie chart does not?
(d) What does the pie chart tell you that the bar chart does not
Bar graph
Pie Chart
(c) What does the bar chart tell you that the pie chart does not?
The bar graph show the change in the number of accidents that is the increase or decreases in accidents over time, which cannot be represented in the pie chart.
(d) What does the pie chart tell you that the bar chart does not
The pie chart shows the proportion of accidents that have occurred each year which the bar chart cannot show.
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