1. For the period 1998-2008, McDonald's Corpora- tion paid the following dividends (rounded to nearest penny) per share of common stock. Source: McDonald's Corporation, 2005 Annual Report, p. 1; 2008 Annual Report, p. 19.
a. Why can't this information be summarized in one pie chart?
b. Construct two separate pie charts to summarize telephone ownership and cable television service.
2. Federal outlays for national defense totaled $553 billion in 2007 compared with just $134 billion in 1980.
Source: Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009, p. 324.
a. Using appropriate symbols that would reflect favorably on such an increase, construct a pictogram to compare 2007 with 1980.
b. Using appropriate symbols that would reflect unfavorably on such an increase, construct a pictogram to compare 2007 with 1980.