The following table reports the number of people as well as the number of people living below the poverty level across regions in the U.S. for the year 2013. (All numbers are in 1,000s.)

a. Construct and interpret a pie chart that summarizes the proportion of people living in each region.
b. Construct and interpret a pie chart that summarizes the proportion of people living below the poverty level in each region. Is this pie chart consistent with the one you constructed in part (a); that is, in those regions that are relatively less populated, is the proportion of people living below the poverty level less?

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Region Northeast 55,478 Midwest 66,785 South West Tota Below Poverty Level 7046 8,590 18,870 10,812 116,961 73,742