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CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication · Use of Graphics and References for Business Communication

Meera wants to show how monthly production of Kaveri Motors changed from April to March over one financial year so that readers can see the rise and fall trend. The best choice is:

A line graph with months on the horizontal axis is best, because joining the monthly points shows the rising and falling trend over the year. A pie chart shows shares of a whole rather than movement across time.

  1. AA line graph with months on the horizontal axisCorrect
  2. BA pie chart with twelve slices
  3. CA table without any figures highlighted
  4. DAn organisation chart

Explanation

Time-series data is best shown by a line graph, where months run along the horizontal axis and the points are joined to show the trend. A twelve-slice pie chart would show shares of a total and make the trend hard to read.

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