The most popular colors for cars and light trucks change over time. Silver advanced past green in
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The most popular colors for cars and light trucks change over time. Silver advanced past green in 2000 to become the most popular color worldwide, then gave way to shades of white in 2007. Here is a relative frequency table that summarizes data on the colors of vehicles sold worldwide in a recent year.
Color ................................................... Percent of vehicles
Black ................................................... 19
Blue ...................................................... 6
Brown/beige ........................................ 5
Gray .................................................... 12
Green .................................................. 1
Red ...................................................... 9
Silver ................................................. 14
White ................................................ 29
Yellow/gold ....................................... 3
Other ................................................. ??
a. What percent of vehicles would fall in the “Other” category?
b. Make a bar graph to display the data. Describe what you see.
c. Would it be appropriate to make a pie chart of these data? Explain.
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