For the following situations, select the most appropriate visual aid for presenting the data and explain why it is the best option. First, identify the primary purpose: comparison, parts of a whole, trends over time, stories and compilations, or something else. Then, decide what type of chart—bar, line, donut, and so on—would work best and why.

a. To show the daily sales for your small computer business for the past six months

b. To show the proportion of your budget spent on each of the four fixed costs for your company during the year

c. To show the results of six survey questions asking people’s opinion regarding the economy

d. To show the first quarter’s net sales for departments A, B, and C

e. To show the locations of your international offices

f. To show the history of native advertising in web pages g. To show total sales by region and the percentage of increase or decrease from the previous year h. To show the average annual rainfall in selected cities in the nation