Problem 20 of 25sta-020
A line graph shows a park's monthly visitors, in hundreds: Jan 42, Feb 45, Mar 51, Apr 43, May 50, Jun 52. Between which two consecutive months did visitors increase the most?
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- The increase from one month to the next is the later value minus the earlier value.
- Subtract for each pair of months: , , , , hundred visitors.
- March to April is a drop, not an increase. The largest increase is , from April to May.
- Traps: March to April is a decrease, February to March is only , and May to June just ends highest.