ACCA Applied Knowledge · Management Accounting · Presenting information
Which of the following sets of data would be most appropriately presented in a pie chart?
The share of total annual sales revenue for five product lines suits a pie chart. A pie chart shows how one total splits into proportions. Trends over time need a line graph, relationships between variables need a scatter diagram, and age bands need a histogram.
- AMonthly sales of a product over the last 24 months, to show the trend
- BEach of five product lines' share of total sales revenue for the current yearCorrect
- CThe relationship between advertising spend and sales for 12 regions
- DThe distribution of employee ages in 5-year bands
Explanation
A pie chart shows how a single total divides into component parts, so each product line's share of annual revenue suits it. Trends over time suit a line graph, relationships between two variables suit a scatter diagram, and frequency distributions suit a histogram.
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