Question

sabine is a staff supervisor at city fairgrounds. she made the graph below to show the number of employees working at the fair each month. give two reasons why the graph may be misread. employees hired at fair

Explanation:

• Missing x - axis labels: The months on the x - axis are grouped (e.g., Jan - Mar, Apr - May). This can make it hard to compare individual months within the groups. For example, we don't know if the number of employees in January is the same as in March.
• 3D effect distortion: The 3D appearance of the bars can create an optical illusion. The perspective makes it difficult to accurately judge the height (and thus the number of employees) of each bar. A 2D bar graph would be more straightforward for reading the values.

Answer:

1. The x - axis has grouped months (e.g., Jan - Mar) without individual month labels, making month - to - month comparisons within groups hard.
2. The 3D effect of the bars distorts the visual perception of their heights, making it difficult to accurately read the number of employees.