ACCA Applied Knowledge · Management Accounting · Presenting information
A sales manager wants to show how total monthly revenue of $240,000 is split between four product lines so that readers can see each line's proportion of the whole. Which chart is MOST appropriate?
A pie chart is most appropriate because it shows how a single total of $240,000 is divided into its four product-line components and displays each one's proportion of the whole. Scatter diagrams, histograms and Z charts serve other purposes such as relationships, frequencies or trends.
- APie chartCorrect
- BScatter diagram
- CHistogram of revenue over time
- DZ chart
Explanation
A pie chart shows how a total is divided into component parts and their relative proportions. A scatter diagram shows the relationship between two variables, and the others concern time series or frequency distributions, not the split of one total.
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