Solution Found!
011 Car Colors in North America: Trends & Visual Insights
Chapter 1, Problem 9(choose chapter or problem)
The most popular colors for cars and light trucks change over time. Silver passed green in 2000 to become the most popular color worldwide, then gave way to shades of white in 2007. Here is the distribution of colors for vehicles sold in North America in 2011.
\(\begin{array}{lc} \hline \text { Color } & \text { Percent of vehicles } \\ \text { White } & 23 \\ \text { Black } & 18 \\ \text { Silver } & 16 \\ \text { Gray } & 13 \\ \text { Red } & 10 \\ \text { Blue } & 9 \\ \text { Brown/beige } & 5 \\ \text { Yellow/gold } & 3 \\ \text { Green } & 2 \\ \hline \end{array}\)
(a) What percent of vehicles had colors other than those listed?
(b) Display these data in a bar graph. Be sure to label your axes.
(c) Would it be appropriate to make a pie chart of these data? Explain.
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
The most popular colors for cars and light trucks change over time. Silver passed green in 2000 to become the most popular color worldwide, then gave way to shades of white in 2007. Here is the distribution of colors for vehicles sold in North America in 2011.
\(\begin{array}{lc} \hline \text { Color } & \text { Percent of vehicles } \\ \text { White } & 23 \\ \text { Black } & 18 \\ \text { Silver } & 16 \\ \text { Gray } & 13 \\ \text { Red } & 10 \\ \text { Blue } & 9 \\ \text { Brown/beige } & 5 \\ \text { Yellow/gold } & 3 \\ \text { Green } & 2 \\ \hline \end{array}\)
(a) What percent of vehicles had colors other than those listed?
(b) Display these data in a bar graph. Be sure to label your axes.
(c) Would it be appropriate to make a pie chart of these data? Explain.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 1
(a)
Sum of all Percent of vehicles = 23 + 18 + 16 + 13 + 10 + 9 + 5 + 3 + 2 = 99%
The percent of vehicles having colors other than those listed = 100 - 99 = 1%
Watch The Answer!
011 Car Colors in North America: Trends & Visual Insights
Want To Learn More? To watch the entire video and ALL of the videos in the series:
Discover the trends in car colors for North America in 2011. Break down the percentage distribution of various shades, from dominating whites to the less frequent greens. Understand the best visual techniques to represent this data, weighing the pros and cons of graphs.