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Information and Ideas practice question
Share of households with a home computer, by survey year:
1995: 18%
2005: 61%
2015: 84%
2025: 90%
Which statement is best supported by the data?
- A. The share grew in every decade, but by less each time.Correct
- B. The share grew by the same amount each decade.
- C. The share peaked in 2015 and then fell.
- D. Fewer than half of households had a computer in 2005.
Answer: A. The share grew in every decade, but by less each time.
Increases of 43, 23, and 6 points: growth every decade, shrinking each time.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The share grew by the same amount each decade.
- 43, 23, and 6 are not the same.
- C. The share peaked in 2015 and then fell.
- 2025's 90% is higher than 2015's 84%.
- D. Fewer than half of households had a computer in 2005.
- 61% is more than half.
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