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Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nhung CA9 184 Chapter 3 Problem
Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nhung CA9 184 Chapter 3 Problem
Solution:
Average Performance
Customer Years with
Total Sales ($) Bonus Previous Years
Accounts Company
($)
Smith, Michael 325,001 12,499 124 14
Yu, Joe 13,678 240 9 7
Reeves, Bill 452,359 21,987 175 21
Hamilton,Joshua 87,424 7,643 28 3
Harper,Derek 87,654 1,250 21 4
Quinn, Dorothy 234,091 14,568 48 9
Graves, Lorrie 379,402 27,981 121 12
Sun, Yi 31,734 673 7 1
Thompson, Nicole 127,845 13,323 17 3
Gross Domestic Product (in US
Country Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Albania 7,385,937,423 8,105,580,293 9,650,128,750
Argentina 169,725,491,092 198,012,474,920 241,037,555,661
Australia 704,453,444,387 758,320,889,024 916,931,817,944
Austria 272,865,358,404 290,682,488,352 336,840,690,493
Belgium 335,571,307,765 355,372,712,266 408,482,592,257
Solution:
Gross Domestic Product (in US
Country Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Albania $ 7,385,937,423 $ 8,105,580,293 $ 9,650,128,750
Argentina $ 169,725,491,092 $ 198,012,474,920 $ 241,037,555,661
Australia $ 704,453,444,387 $ 758,320,889,024 $ 916,931,817,944
Austria $ 272,865,358,404 $ 290,682,488,352 $ 336,840,690,493
Belgium $ 335,571,307,765 $ 355,372,712,266 $ 408,482,592,257
stic Product (in US $)
Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
11,592,303,225 10,781,921,975 10,569,204,154
301,259,040,110 285,070,994,754 339,604,450,702
982,991,358,955 934,168,969,952 1,178,776,680,167
375,777,347,214 344,514,388,622 341,440,991,770
451,663, 134,614 421,433,351,959 416,534,140,346
Solution:
a) One of the problems with the layout and display of this line chart is that it is hard to analyze:
1. The values of revenue are in dollar sign and one unit of y-axis equals to $10,000. This is why the data
2. The horizontal gridlines in the graph are making it a bit messy that also becomes a problem with the l
b)
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
50,000
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
145,286 154,285 148,523 139,600 148,235
to analyze:
0. This is why the data lacks a bit accuracy and exactness. It can be better represented or displayed if the gab in dollar value per u
es a problem with the layout and display of the line chart. It would make the graph better if the gridlines will be remove on the ch
Solution:
a)
b) The trendline confirms that there appears to be a negative linear relationship between the x and y var
nship between the x and y variables.
Production (millions of vehicles)
Manufacturer Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Toyota 8.04 8.53 9.24 7.23 8.56
GM 8.97 9.35 8.28 6.46 8.48
Volkswagen 5.68 6.27 6.44 6.07 7.34
Hyundai 2.51 2.62 2.78 4.65 5.76
Solution:
a)
b)
c)
Chart Title
Hyundai
Volkswagen
GM
Toyota
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
13 2.84 0.5
14 2.73 0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
15 2.73
16 2.73 Average is 3.08
17 2.71
18 2.80
19 2.86 b) The positive linear trend indicate about the price of gasoline
20 2.99
21 3.10
22 3.21
23 3.56
24 3.80
25 3.91
26 3.68
27 3.65
28 3.64
29 3.61
30 3.45
31 3.38
32 3.27
33 3.38
34 3.58
35 3.85
36 3.90
Average 3.08
tle
21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35
Solution:
a) American Insurance
60
50
40
30
Contracts Sold
20
10
0
Harish David Kristina Steven Tim Mona
b,
Salesperson Contracts Sold
Tim 53
David 41 American Insurance
Mona 39 60
Harish 24
Steven 23 50
Kristina 19
40
30
20
10
0
Tim David Mona Harish Steven Kristina
c,
American Insurance
60
50 53
40
41
39
30 Contracts Sold
American Insurance
60
50 53
40
41
39
30 Contracts Sold
20 24 23
19
10
0
Harish David Kristina Steven Tim Mona
surance
Contracts Sold
Steven Kristina
Harish 12.1%
David 20.6%
Kristina 9.5% 20% 12%
Steven 11.6%
21%
Tim 26.6%
Mona 19.6% 27%
10%
12%
a,the pie chart is not able to provide the accurate percentage or accurate number of contracts sold by the salesperson.
It only providé a rough estimate of the provides a rough estimate of the proportion of contracts sold by different salesperson a
b, Column chart
c,
15.0%
12.1% 11.6%
9.5%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Harish David Kristina Steven Tim Mona
old by the salesperson.
sold by different salesperson and it is not displaying the frequency of the contracts sold
Four Cylinders Six Cylinders
Red 143 857 a, Fou
Black 200 800
Green 321 679 900
White 420 580 800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Red Black Green
Exterior Color
b,
Four Cylinders Six Cylinders
a,
Chart Title
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+
%)
Attending Required Tasks Prepar- ing
Meetings (%) Business Reports (%)
Seattle 32 17
Portland 52 11
Bend 18 11
Locations
Missoula 21 6
Boise 12 14
Olympia 17 12
Customer Interaction
Idle (%)
(%)
37 14
24 13
52 19
43 30
64 10
54 17
Expected Rate of Capital Invested
Project Risk Estimate
Return (%) (Millions $)
1 12.6 6.8 6.4
2 14.8 6.2 45.8
3 9.2 4.2 9.2
4 6.1 6.2 17.2
5 21.4 8.2 34.2
6 7.5 3.2 14.8