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Information and Ideas practice question
Average daily temperature and ice-cream sales at a kiosk:
Monday: 15°C, 800 sold
Tuesday: 24°C, 2,000 sold
Wednesday: 19°C, 1,300 sold
Thursday: 24°C, 1,200 sold (heavy rain)
Which statement is best supported by the data?
- A. Sales generally rose with temperature, but Thursday, as warm as Tuesday, sold far less.Correct
- B. Sales rose on every day shown.
- C. The coolest day had the highest sales.
- D. Temperature alone explains each day's sales.
Answer: A. Sales generally rose with temperature, but Thursday, as warm as Tuesday, sold far less.
15 → 800, 19 → 1,300, 24 → 2,000 rises with temperature; Thursday's 24°C brought only 1,200, in the rain.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Sales rose on every day shown.
- Thursday's sales fell from Wednesday's.
- C. The coolest day had the highest sales.
- Monday, the coolest, had the lowest sales.
- D. Temperature alone explains each day's sales.
- Tuesday and Thursday had the same temperature and very different sales.
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