Favorite food or drink bar graph analysis

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7. Look at the graph and answer the question. What is your favourite food or drink? Which of the following is CORRECT? A) The most popular food among teenagers is chocolate cake. B) Adults prefer fried potatoes less than steak. C) Adults drinks lemonade more than teenagers. D) Teenagers eat seafood more than adults.

This question includes visual content: A horizontal bar graph comparing the favorite food/drink preferences of teenagers (orange bars) and adults (blue bars). The categorical axis lists 'Seafood', 'Steak', 'Fried potatoes', 'Lemonade', and 'Chocolate cake'. The numerical axis ranges from 0 to 8. Teenager values: Seafood ~5, Steak ~7, Fried potatoes 8, Lemonade 2, Chocolate cake 3. Adult values: Seafood 8, Steak 6, Fried potatoes 4, Lemonade 2, Chocolate cake 5.

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Hi Ruküye, let's look at this bar graph and find which statement about the food and drink preferences of adults and teenagers is correct.

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First, let me clarify the legend. Blue bars represent adults, and orange bars represent teenagers. Let's look at option A, which says chocolate cake is the most popular food for teenagers.

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Looking at the orange bars for teenagers, we see that fried potatoes has the highest value at eight, while chocolate cake is only at three. So, option A is incorrect.

$$A: \text{Teenager Max} = \text{Fried Potatoes (8)} \neq \text{Cake (3)}$$
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Now let's check option B. It states that adults prefer fried potatoes less than steak.

FoodAdults (Blue)
Fried Potatoes4
Steak6
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Since four is less than six, adults do indeed prefer fried potatoes less than steak. This statement appears to be correct. Let's double check the remaining options to be sure.

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Mathematics
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