Unit 8 focus on business graphs, which is covered in your reading of Chapter 7: “Business Statistics.

Unit 8 focus on business graphs, which is covered in your reading of Chapter 7: “Business Statistics.”

Note: In this Assignment you will have both Assignment problems and an essay component.

For this Assignment you will write an essay to address the requirements described below. Your essay must be carefully planned and written using well-constructed sentences and paragraphs. Make sure that your grammar and spelling are correct. Points will be awarded for content as well as composition. Your essay must be a minimum of 1 half of a full page in length, with standard 1 inch margins and is required to have at least one reference from a reliable source. This means that you cannot use sites like Wikipedia, Ask.com®, and Yahoo® answers and that only references from reliable sources will earn points. All resources should be cited both as an in-text citation as well as being listed on a reference page in APA format.

Assignments must be submitted as a Microsoft® Word® document and uploaded to the Dropbox for Unit 8. Include your essay directly in this document following the instructions.

All Assignments are due by Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. ET of the assigned unit.

Essay Assignment (40 points) Question 1: (10 Points)

a) Create a bar graph or line graph for the following data including labels:

Presto Printing Company sales for one week, beginning February 2: $9,300 $7,900 $5,609 $5,876 $5,420 $3,769 $3,900

b) Create a circle graph with the following data including labels: Food expenses​$450 Gasoline​$150 Child’s Tuition​$50 Rent​$750 Medicine​$50 Car Payment​$350 Auto Insurance​$50 Health care​$150 Total​$2,000