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Information and Ideas practice question
A town's buses:
2010: 6,000 passengers a day, 20 buses
2020: 7,200 passengers a day, 30 buses
Which statement is best supported by the data?
- A. Although more passengers used the buses, passengers per bus fell from 300 to 240.Correct
- B. Passengers per bus rose.
- C. Fewer passengers used the buses in 2020.
- D. The town had fewer buses in 2020.
Answer: A. Although more passengers used the buses, passengers per bus fell from 300 to 240.
6,000/20 = 300; 7,200/30 = 240.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Passengers per bus rose.
- The ratio fell.
- C. Fewer passengers used the buses in 2020.
- 7,200 > 6,000.
- D. The town had fewer buses in 2020.
- 30 > 20.
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