Marital status. In the U.S. Census Bureau document America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2006, we find these data on the marital status of American women 15 years and older as of 2006:

Marital status Count (thousands)

Never married 31,429 Married 61,217 Widowed 11,290 Divorced 13,127

(a) How many women were not married in 2006?

(b) Make a bar graph to show the distribution of marital status.

(c) Would it also be correct to use a pie chart? Explain.

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