Exercise 3

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This exercise teaches us about how data can be skewed by simply altering a few numbers. In both graphs the same data is used and everything is identical besides the range of the numbers. The second graph contains the same data but it has a range of 0-100 instead which gives it a much less dramatic slope. In the first graph it looks to be much more vertical than the other, this is because the range is from 40-80. The range shows exactly how data can be skewed in order to best serve whoever is providing the information. This can be a very useful tool in attracting possible investors, buyers, or whatever else one could be looking for and it is incredibly important that we know how to read graphs and data in order to be able to call out the b.s.