This table displays data on prize-winning 4-H livestock auctioned at

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McGraw-Hill

This table displays data on prize-winning 4-H livestock auctioned at the Maple County Fair in 2016.

Auction Revenue  
 
   Number Sold

Livestock   
  State Share (%)   
  State Rank  
  State Share (%)  
  State Rank  
 
  Chickens  
 31 
 2 
 20 
 1 
 
  Cows  
 46 
 1 
 27 
 1 
 
  Ducks  
 24 
 3 
 29 
 2 
 
  Geese  
 37 
 2 
 42 
 1 
 
  Goats  
 5 
 5 
 13 
 5 
 
  Pigs  
 94 
 1 
 87 
 1 
 
  Rabbits  
 14 
 4 
 22 
 3 
 
  Sheep  
 58 
 1 
 34 
 1 
 
  Turkeys  
 30 
 2 
 22 
 2

( Sort ↕  the table by clicking on the headers)

For each of the following statements, select  Yes  if the statement can be shown to be true based on information in the table. Otherwise, select  No .

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

Statement 1:  A greater percentage of all the pigs in the state were auctioned here, but we don't know how many pigs and goats were sold in the state overall.

Answer: No

Statement 2:  More than half of the revenue from sheep was made here, but only 34% of the actual number of sheep were auctioned here.

Answer: No

Statement 3:  The fair ranked highest in number of chickens sold, but only second in revenue from chickens.

Answer: No

Gemmie · Answer

More pigs than goats were auctioned at the Maple County Fair. => No

We only know about the state share (%) and rank of the number sold of each animal

More than half of the sheep in the state were auctioned at the Maple County Fair. => No

Only 34% of the number of the state's sheep was auctioned

The Maple County Fair made more money from chicken sales than any other fair in the state. => No

The chicken's auction revenue only ranks 2nd

Akko913 · Answer

Could someone please explain the table? It is a bit confusing  chetan2u   KarishmaB

chetan2u · Answer

The table basically gives details on the livestock auctioned.

Table has two main divisions in each livestock.
First is the revenue received through auction: This is further sub divided into state share as % and a rank. State share means if 100% was total revenue, then the share by Maple county is 31% for chickens and 2 in rank, so there is some other county that has more share, that is more than 31%. Similarly for second part that speaks of numbers sold.

Poorly written as there shiuld have been some description of table, merely giving a table may not be sufficient. However, the point in the entire table is that you cannot compare a particular livestock with another livestock as you are not aware of the actual revenue or numbers. So, you cannot compare any two livestocks on the basis of the numeric values.

arushi118 · Answer

For the Statement 1, the rank of pigs is higher than the rank of goats -- which led me to think that that means the number of pigs sold were higher than the number of goats sold -- irrespective of the percentage given. Can you please explain how is this reasoning wrong?

Bunuel · Answer

Pig rank 1 means Maple County ranked highest among fairs in pig sales.
Goat rank 5 means Maple County ranked fifth among fairs in goat sales.

That does not compare pigs with goats. It only shows Maple County’s position within pigs and within goats separately.

So a fair can rank higher in pigs than in goats and still sell fewer pigs than goats, because the total number of pigs and goats in the state may be very different.

Overall, the question is not good, so I'd suggest ignoring it. Id suggest ignoring ALL McGraw-Hill questions.

This table displays data on prize-winning 4-H livestock auctioned at

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Livestock	State Share (%)	State Rank	State Share (%)	State Rank
	Auction Revenue		Number Sold
Chickens	31	2	20	1
Cows	46	1	27	1
Ducks	24	3	29	2
Geese	37	2	42	1
Goats	5	5	13	5
Pigs	94	1	87	1
Rabbits	14	4	22	3
Sheep	58	1	34	1
Turkeys	30	2	22	2