(a) Give a rough estimate of the change in yearly passenger traffic from 2017 to 2023. (Choose the best answer.) 1 It decreased by a factor of 10, so in 2023 the number of passengers was only || of what it was in 2017. It increased by a factor of 10, so in 2023 the number of passengers was 10 times what it was in 2017. ○ It decreased by about 10%. It decreased by 2' (b) Approximate to the nearest whole number (in thousands of passengers) the change in the yearly passenger traffic from 2017 to 2023. thousand Graph A and Graph B both show the number of passengers, in thousands of passengers, who flew out of Red Hawk Airport for each year from 2017 through 2023. (Both graphs show exactly the same data.) Graph A Passenger traffic (in thousands of passengers) Graph B Passenger traffic (in thousands of passengers) 55. 54. 53 52 51 50 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 55. 50 45 40 35 30. 25+ 20+ 15 10. 5- 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

 In Graph A, the points are at heights of the same relative size as the actual numbers of passengers. In Graph B, the differences between the numbers of passengers are exaggerated. Therefore, Graph A could mislead a person into thinking that the decrease in the number of passengers between 2017 and 2023 was smaller than it really was.

 In Graph A, the baseline is at   instead of  , which exaggerates the differences between the numbers of passengers. In Graph B, the baseline is at  , so the points are at heights of the same relative size as the actual numbers of passengers. Therefore, Graph A could mislead a person into thinking that the decrease in the number of passengers between 2017 and 2023 was larger than it really was.

 In Graph A, the points look to be at similar heights, which suggests there was a relatively small decrease in the number of passengers. In Graph B, the points look to be at very different heights, suggesting that there was a dramatic decrease in the number of passengers. Therefore, Graph B could mislead a person into thinking that the decrease in the number of passengers between 2017 and 2023 was larger than it really was.

 In Graph A, the points look to be at very different heights, suggesting that there was a dramatic decrease in the number of passengers. In Graph B, the points look to be at similar heights, which suggests there was a relatively small decrease in the number of passengers. Therefore, Graph B could mislead a person into thinking that the decrease in the number of passengers between 2017 and 2023 was smaller than it really was.