Information and IdeasHardReading a table of survey responses about commuting
Information and Ideas practice question
Main mode of commuting, share of respondents in a city survey
Mode | 2019 | 2024
Car | 58% | 49%
Public transport | 24% | 27%
Bicycle | 6% | 12%
Walking | 12% | 12%
A planner claims that the fall in car commuting since 2019 has been absorbed mainly by cycling rather than by public transport, pointing out that ____
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
- A. the share cycling doubled from 6% to 12%, while the share using public transport rose only from 24% to 27%.Correct
- B. the share commuting by car fell from 58% to 49%.
- C. the share walking stayed at 12%.
- D. public transport was used by 27% of respondents in 2024.
Answer: A. the share cycling doubled from 6% to 12%, while the share using public transport rose only from 24% to 27%.
Cycling's gain outstrips public transport's.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the share commuting by car fell from 58% to 49%.
- The fall, not where it went.
- C. the share walking stayed at 12%.
- Walking is unchanged.
- D. public transport was used by 27% of respondents in 2024.
- One figure, no comparison to cycling.
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