A newspaper article claimed that the afternoon hours were the worst in terms of robberies and provided the graph to the right in

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A newspaper article claimed that the afternoon hours were the worst in terms of robberies and provided the graph to the right in support of this claim Explain how this graph is misleading Percent of Robberies 15 10 q Hourly Crime Distribution Robbery 6a 9a 9a 12p 12p 6p 6p 9p 9p 12a 12a 3a 3a 6a Choose the correct answer below OA The vertical axis has no units This can mislead readers into thinking that the percentages are actually counts OB All of the bars are the same color so they tend to blend visually with each other This makes the graph hard to read OC The vertical axis stops at 25 It should go all the way up to 100 to accurately show percentage data OD Not all of the time intervals are the same size Redistributing the time interval so they are all the same size may lead to a different shape

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