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For each of Six Internet-based companies and each of several years, the graph shows the average number of times per week the home page of the company was viewed. The vertical axis is in powers of 10.

Select from each drop-down menu the option that creates the most accurate statement, based on the information in the graph.

Over the period depicted in the graph, the company that showed the least percentage increase in the average number of visits per week to the home page of its website is .

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For each of Six Internet-based companies and each of several years, the graph shows the average number of times per week the home page of the company was viewed. The vertical axis is in powers of 10.

Select from each drop-down menu the option that creates the most accurate statement, based on the information in the graph.

Over the period depicted in the graph, the company that showed the least percentage increase in the average number of visits per week to the home page of its website is .

Over the period depicted in the graph, the company that showed the greatest percentage increase in the average number of visits per week to the home page of its website is .

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Company A's visits increased from ≈1,500 to ≈70,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 40.x times.

Company B's visits increased from ≈2,000 to ≈200,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 100 times.

Company C's visits increased from ≈700 to ≈60,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 80.x times.

Company D's visits increased from ≈1,000 to ≈30,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 30 times.

Company E's visits increased from ≈500 to ≈20,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 40 times.

Company F's visits increased from ≈4,000 to 900,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 200 times.­
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@Bunuel- what does powers of 10 mean in vertical axis? Like 1000 is 10^3 and 10,000 is 10^4 ?

Please correct if I am interpreting it wrongly
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Company A's visits increased from ≈1,500 to ≈70,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 40.x times.

Company B's visits increased from ≈2,000 to ≈200,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 100 times.

Company C's visits increased from ≈700 to ≈60,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 80.x times.

Company D's visits increased from ≈1,000 to ≈30,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 30 times.

Company E's visits increased from ≈500 to ≈20,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 40 times.

Company F's visits increased from ≈4,000 to 900,000, which corresponds to an increase of approximately 200 times.­
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Can we solve this using slope of the curve?

Curve F had the largest slope or looked to the steepest.
Cuve D had a slight dip in between and thus had lowest slope.

Can we use these 2 inferences to get the answer? Is it correct? Will it work always?

 
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­Hey hello,

looking for just the slope of the curve might lead to solving this question incorrectly, since slope might be able to give you net increase/decrease but since percentage increase is asked it involves a denominator which is an absolute value different for different companies. Since this denominator can change the value of percentages, i wouldnt really recommend going at this question with only the slopes. 

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@Bunuel- what does powers of 10 mean in vertical axis? Like 1000 is 10^3 and 10,000 is 10^4 ?

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­Hi Jayam12

The information is provided to make candidate understand that the scale is logarthmic scale not linear scale

For example, 1x10^2 --- 2x10^2 --- 3x10^2 --- 4x10^2 --- 5x10^2 --- 6x10^2 --- 7x10^2 --- 8x10^2 --- 9x10^2 --- 1x10^3 -----2x10^3-----3x10^3 & so on....

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For each of Six Internet-based companies and each of several years, the graph shows the average number of times per week the home page of the company was viewed. The vertical axis is in powers of 10.

Select from each drop-down menu the option that creates the most accurate statement, based on the information in the graph.

Over the period depicted in the graph, the company that showed the least percentage increase in the average number of visits per week to the home page of its website is .

Over the period depicted in the graph, the company that showed the greatest percentage increase in the average number of visits per week to the home page of its website is .

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Here is the video explanation for the logarithmic scale in this question: https://youtu.be/x7yWqJ7EgV8

Ignore the '000s. So the y scale goes from .1 to 1000. It is a logarithmic scale so the same interval higher up on the scale shows a larger increase.

We can compare Percentage increase in the number of visits by comparing Final Value/Initial Value.

Company A -> Final Value/Initial Value = 75/1.5 = 37.5
Company B -> Final Value/Initial Value = 200/2.2 = less than 100
Company D -> Final Value/Initial Value = 30/1 = around 30
Company E -> Final Value/Initial Value = 20/.55 = around 40
Company F -> Final Value/Initial Value = 900/3.5 = less than 300

Least percentage increase = D
Greatest percentage increase = F
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Hello Bunuel ,
Can we say we can not see the slope here since the Y axis is not starting from 0 here ?
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Hello Bunuel ,
Can we say we can not see the slope here since the Y axis is not starting from 0 here ?
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The fact that 0 is not on the Y-axis doesn’t matter. Notice, though, that the graph uses a logarithmic scale (in powers of 10), not a linear one, and you don’t need to know how slope works on a log scale; in this case, as shown above, the question has a simple solution without it.
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