Practice #14

Complete the questions for the graph below. When you are done check your answers with the ones provided in the solution (to view the solution, click on the [solution to practice] button at the bottom of this page).

Given the bar graph containing both positive and negative bars, answer the following questions.

Earnings per Year in Billions of Dollars

  1. Which years had negative earnings?
    Of the years with negative earnings, which had the biggest loss?
    How big was that loss?
  2. Between which two years was there the biggest change in earnings?
  3. Overall, across the six year span shown, how much is gained or lost?


Solution
[solution to practice]