Excursions In Modern Mathematics, 9th Edition
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ISBN: 9780134494142
Author: Tannenbaum
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 17E
Table 15-16 shows the percentage of U.S. working married couples in which the wife's income is higher than the husband's (1999-2009).
a. Draw a pictogram for the data in Table 15-16. Assume you are trying to convince your audience that things are looking great for women in the workplace and that women's salaries are catching up to men's very quickly.
b. Draw a different pictogram for the data in Table 15-16, where you are trying to convince your audience that women's salaries are catching up with men's very slowly.
Table 15-16
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov
| Year | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Percent | 28.9 | 29.9 | 30.7 | 31.9 | 32.4 | 32.6 |
| Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Percent | 33.0 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 37.7 |
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Excursions In Modern Mathematics, 9th Edition
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