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A certain large company typically uses between 800 and 900 reams of paper per business day (a ream of paper is 500 sheets of paper). There are two exceptions to this pattern of use: on the last business day before a company holiday (a company holiday is not a business day), the company uses significantly less paper because a large number of employees take leave, and on the last business day of a month, monthly reports are produced, which significantly increases paper use. For each of 10 consecutive business days, the graph shows the number of reams of paper used on that day.
From each drop-down menu, select the option that creates the most accurate statement based on the information provided.
1. The day that the graph most strongly suggests was the last business day of a month is Day .
2. The day that the graph most strongly suggests was the last business day before a company holiday is Day .
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A quick way to see which day must be month‐end (high usage) and which is pre‐holiday (low usage) is simply to look for the two outliers in the graph. Day 4 is clearly well below the usual 800–900 reams range and thus must be the last day before a holiday (when many employees are off). Day 1, which sits above 900 reams (in the 1000+ region), is the only markedly high outlier, so that must be the last business day of the month.
Hence the correct dropdown choices are:
Hence the correct dropdown choices are:
- Last business day of a month: Day 1
- Last business day before a holiday: Day 4.
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1. The last business day of a month is when monthly reports are produced, significantly increasing paper use. So, here the correct answer is Day 1.
2. The last business day before a company holiday is the Day when the company uses significantly less paper because a large number of employees take leave on that day. So, the correct answer is Day 4.
