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Information and Ideas practice question
Number of foxes counted on a night survey of a park, by year:
2021: 8
2022: 14
2023: 14
2024: 20
Which statement is best supported by the data?
- A. The count more than doubled between 2021 and 2024, with no change between 2022 and 2023.Correct
- B. The count rose in every year shown.
- C. The count fell between 2022 and 2023.
- D. The count doubled between 2023 and 2024.
Answer: A. The count more than doubled between 2021 and 2024, with no change between 2022 and 2023.
8 → 20 is more than double; 14 → 14 is no change.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The count rose in every year shown.
- 2022 to 2023 was flat.
- C. The count fell between 2022 and 2023.
- 14 to 14 is no change, not a fall.
- D. The count doubled between 2023 and 2024.
- 14 to 20 is not a doubling.
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