Question 1,2,4,5,6

1. Frederick Hallock is approaching retirement with a portfolio consisting of cash and money market fund investments worth $135,000, bonds worth $165,000, stocks worth $185,000, and real estate worth $1,200,000. Present these data in a bar chart. 2. Of354 MBAstudents, the following numbers chose to concentrate their study in these fields: 35 in finance, 63 in accounting. 70 in marketing, 35 in operations management, 52 in management information systems, 56 in economics and 43 in organizational behaviour. Present this data in pie chart. 3. Use the data in Table I to draw line charts for the following: a) CPI b) 3 month T-bill rate and prime rate (Source: Economic Report of the President, January 2010) 4. Explain under what conditions it is best to use a pie chart to present data. 5. Astatistic teacher has given the following numbers of traditional grades to her class of 105 students: Number of students Grade 10 A B C D a) Use a bar graph to show the distribution grades. bj Use a pie chart to show the distribution grades. cj Which of these graphs do you think is best for presenting the distribution of grades? Why? 6. You are given the following information about a certain company's current asset over the past 4 years: years Current asset 1938 1989 1990 1991 Cash and 4215 5341 6325 5842 marketable securities Receivables 6327 6527 7725 6750 Inventories 1254 9104 10104 Other current 2153 3277 1331 3956 Use a line graph to plot this firm's current assets