I14-24

Question

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The bar graph shows the home regions of all attendees of the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, which was held twice: in 1989 and 1992, in Elko. The x-axis represents the percentage of total attendees from each region. The color combinations in the graph represent the attendees' home regions for both years. All attendees from the 1989 gathering also attended the 1992 gathering.
 
The pie chart shows how each of the 571 attendees ( n ) of the 1992 gathering learned about the event, with all of them providing responses to the survey.
 
Select from each drop-down menu the option that creates the most accurate statement, given the information provided.

The number of attendees who were invited to attend 1992 gathering was closest to  GRAPH_1_PLACEHOLDER .

If the number of attendees from Montana remained exactly the same in both the 1989 and 1992 gatherings,  GRAPH_2_PLACEHOLDER  of the 13 given regions had more attendees in 1992 compared to 1989.

Bunuel · Answer

Official Solution:

Drop-down 1: 
 
From the pie chart, 1% of the 571 attendees were invited, which corresponds to approximately 6 people.
 
 Drop-down 2: 
 
From the pie chart, attendees from 1989 accounted for 25% of the 1992 attendees, indicating that the number of attendees in 1992 was four times that of 1989. For a region to have had more attendees in 1989 than in 1992, the bar for 1989 would need to be more than four times the bar for 1992. We are told that, for Montana, the number of attendees remained unchanged, meaning the bar for 1989 is exactly four times the bar for 1992. No other region has a bar that is more than four times larger in 1989 than in 1992, so 12 out of the 13 regions (excluding Montana) had more attendees in 1992 than in 1989.

Correct answer:

Dropdown 1:  "6"

Dropdown 2:  "12"

dnguyen1203 · Answer

I think this is a  high-quality  question and I agree with explanation.

Bunuel · Answer

I have revised the question, solution, and formatting by adding more details to enhance clarity.

sb995 · Answer

I did not quite understand the solution. I don't understand the solution for 2. Is there a different way to explain it?

Bunuel · Answer

The total number of people in 1992 was 4 times more than in 1989.

For Montana, the number of people stayed the same. That’s why its 1989 bar is 4 times bigger than its 1992 bar.

For any other place:

If the 1989 bar is smaller than 4 times the 1992 bar, then more people came in 1992. 
 That’s true for every place except Montana.

So, 12 places had more people in 1992. Only Montana stayed the same.

sb995 · Answer

Thank you

BinodBhai · Answer

I like the solution - it’s helpful.

agrasan · Answer

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