Question

1.36 Garbage. The formal name for garbage is "municipal solid waste." In the United States, approximately 250 million tons of garbage are generated in a year. Following is a breakdown of the materials that made up American municipal solid waste in 2012: 12.17in GARBAGE Material Food scraps Glass Metals Paper, paperboard Plastics Rubber, leather Textiles Wood Yard trimmings Other Total Weight (million tons) 36.4 11.6 22.4 68.6 31.7 7.5 14.3 15.8 34.0 8.5 250.9 Percent of total 14.5 4.6 8.9 27.4 12.7 5.7 6.3 13.5 3.4 100.0 (a) Add the weights. The sum is not exactly equal to the value of 250.9 million tons given in the table. Why? (b) Make a bar graph of the percents. The graph gives a clearer picture of the main contributors to garbage if you order the bars from tallest to shortest

Answer 1

a)This is because the weights here are rounded off,

b) Bar plot

Percent 27.4 14.5 13.5 12.7 8.9 6.3 5.7 4.6

c)Pie chart

PERCENT Bthbfr,leather 3% Glass Paper,Paperbo ard 27% Textiles 5% 3% 3%ather 6% Wood 6% Metals 9% Food scraps 14% Plastics 13% trimmimng 14%