Question

the manager of a six - screen movie theater was analyzing the ticket - sales data for monday through friday of the past week. there were 500 tickets sold on wednesday. she noticed that there were more tickets sold on thursday and again on friday, more than twice as many tickets were sold as were sold on wednesday. which bar graph could represent the ticket sales?

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze Option A

In Option A, the bar for Wednesday is too short. Since there were 500 tickets sold on Wednesday, this option does not match the requirement.

Step2: Analyze Option B

In Option B, the bar for Wednesday is also too short. It does not represent the 500 - ticket sales on Wednesday.

Step3: Analyze Option C

In Option C, the bar for Wednesday is approximately at the 600 - ticket mark (assuming the scale is correct). But we know there were 500 tickets sold on Wednesday.

Step4: Analyze Option D

In Option D, the bar for Wednesday is at the 500 - ticket mark (by visual inspection of the scale on the number of tickets axis).

Answer:

D.