Question

math analyzing data search and rescue events rangers who work for the national park service may need to rescue visitors who are lost, ill, or injured. so the rangers need to understand search patterns. the graph shows data about some search and rescue events that took place in national parks in one year. 1. reading graphs for which activity were there 187 events? 2. calculating how many people were injured or became ill while boating or swimming? 3. estimating what is the ratio of swimming events to swimming injuries or illnesses? 4. interpreting data there are about six times as many hiking events as climbing events. yet you could argue that hiking is a safer activity than climbing. what data could you use to support this argument? 5. developing hypotheses if hiking is generally safer than climbing, how can you explain the difference in number of events?

Explanation:

Step1: Read the bar graph

Look at the blue bars (number of events). Find the activity with a blue - bar value of 187.

Step2: Identify the activity

From the graph, the activity with 187 events (blue - bar) is climbing.

Answer:

Climbing