6. Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup On April 20, 2010, the United States experienced a major environmental disaster when a Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The number of personnel and equipment used in the Gulf oil spill cleanup, beginning May 2, 2010 (Day 13) through June 9, 2010

(Day 51) is given in the following table.17

a. What types of graphs could you use to display these data?

b. Before you draw your graphs, what trends do you see in each of the variables?

c. Use a line chart to show the number of personnel deployed over this 51-day period

d. Use a bar graph to show the percentage of federal Gulf fishing areas closed.

e. Use a line chart to show the amounts of dispersants used. Is there any underlying straight line relationship over time?

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Number of personnel (1000s) Federal Gulf fishing areas closed Booms laid (kilometers) Dispersants used (1000 liters) Vessels deployed (100s) Day 13 Day 26 Day 39 Day 51 3.0 17.5 20.0 24.0 3% 8% 25% 32% 74 504 1030 1454 590 1893 3293 4326 1.0 6.0 14.0 35.0