3.8 Charitable Contributions Canadians contrived their tradition of generosity toward charities in 2003. Their donation of $6.4 billion was an 11.4% increase from 2002. Again in 2005, Canadians donated $7.7 billion, a 13.8% increase from 2004. The amount increased in all territories and all provinces. The highest increase occurred in Alberta (21.1%), Nova Scotia (18.5%), and Manitoba (17.7%). Follow- ing data reports the amount ($ thousands) for the taxation year 2003 and 2005 for eight provinces.

a. Construct a stacked bar chart to display the total donation amount provincewide given in the table.

b. Construct two comparative pie charts to display the donation amount provincewide given in the table for the years 2003 and 2005, respectively.

c. Write a short paragraph summarizing the informa- tion that can be gained by looking at these graphs. Which of the two types of comparative graphs is more effective?

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Amounts ($ thousands) Province 2003 2005 Total Nova Scotia 144,616 184,297 328,913 New Brunswick 129,486 148,430 277,916 Quebec 673,556 738,774 1,412,330 Ontario 3,284,841 3,869,951 7,154,792 Manitoba 303,775 376,491 680,266