A sales representative for a new soft drink is trying to convince a chain of food stores to order a much larger quantity. The
salesperson uses the graph below in the sales pitch. What is deceptive about the graph?
Sales of Mango Mango
Sales (in 10,000's)
Mar.
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Jan. Feb.
a. The vertical scale needs more intervals between values.
b. Sales for February and March appear to be greater than they actually ar
C. Sales for January appear to be much smaller than they actually are.