Provide an appropriate response.Six different candidates are running for president of the board of a nonprofit organization. By conducting a poll, you estimate the percentage of people who plan to vote for each candidate. One candidate, Maria Gonzales, has a substantial lead. To win, a candidate must have a simple majority (more than 50% of the vote). Suppose you wish to display the data in a graph. From your graph, it should be easy to tell whether Maria Gonzales has more than 50% of the vote. Which graph would be more useful, a bar graph or a circle graph? Explain your answer.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Answers will vary. Possible answer: A circle graph would be more useful. Circle graphs are useful for showing what proportion of a population falls in each category. One would see at a glance whether Maria Gonzales had more than 50% of the vote. Bar graphs are useful for comparisons among different categories but not as useful for showing what proportion falls in each category.