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danielfitts88

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Creating an Appropriate Visual: Susan has been asked to give a presentation on budgeting to help her audience understand where and how they spend their money. From the data that she has gathered, she discovers that the typical households spend their income in the following areas proportionally to their monthly pay: 35 Housing 20 Transportation 20 Food 10 Health care and health insurance 5 Clothing 5 Credit card debt and interest 5 Entertainment Select an appropriate visual to depict this information, and explain why the visual would be appropriate for the presentation.

Question 2

Which of the following is the BEST advice for using template documents that are available with word processing software?
 a. Avoid their use altogether; they are worthless.
  b. Recognize their shortcomings, and use them cautiously.
  c. Use the deductive templates, but ignore the inductive and persuasive ones.
  d. Use them with confidence, as they were developed by experts.



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Answer to Question 1

The data provided presents a list of percentages. Susan can best depict the data accurately in a pie chart. Pie charts, like segmented charts and area charts, show how the parts of a whole are distributed. Pie charts are effective for showing parts of a whole, or in other words, percentages. In this instance, Susan can put each percentage in a slice of the pie chart.

Answer to Question 2

B



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