Chapter B.1, Problem 14E

To determine

To graph:

Bar graph for the given data.

Answer to Problem 14E

The bar graph for the given data is as below:

  

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

Year	Precipitation
$1997$	$21.874$
$1998$	$24.270$
$1999$	$27.456$
$2000$	$32.164$
$2001$	$34.797$
$2002$	$38.762$
$2003$	$42.546$
$2004$	$48.107$
$2005$	$52.935$
$2006$	$60.151$
$2007$	$64.909$
$2008$	$72.483$
$2009$	$71.449$
$2010$	$77.946$
$2011$	$88.915$
$2012$	$99.137$
$2013$	$105.156$

Graph:

Consider the provided data of Costco wholesale stores in the year of $1997$ through $2013$ .

The bar graph for the given data is as below:

  

Interpretation:

So according to the above bar graph it is observed that, as the year increases from of $1997$ through $2013$ the revenues for Costco wholesale stores increases at a constant rate.

And then revenues for the Costco wholesale stores decrease in the year $2009$ comparison to the year $2008$ by $.01$ billion of dollars.