The owner of a coffee shop chain creates a graph representing sales in thousands of dollars. She describes the characteristics as follows: • There have been two turning points in sales this year. • Sales are expected to increase in the long run. • The least amount of sales during the year is about 250 dollars comma 000 Which graph correctly shows the coffee shop’s sales?
Answer
A
Image with description On a coordinate plane, the months are shown on the x axis from 0 to 10 and sales are shown in dollars from 0 to 900. A graph is drawn which has maxima at 500 and 800, minima at 300 and 250.
B
Image with description On a coordinate plane, the months are shown on the x axis from 0 to 10 and sales are shown in dollars from 0 to 900. The graph shows maxima at 425 and 900, minimum at 250.
C
Image with description On a coordinate plane, the months are shown on the x axis from 0 to 10 and sales are shown in dollars from 0 to 900. The graph shows maxima at 425 and 700, minimum at 200 and 150.
D
Image with description On a coordinate plane, the months are shown on the x axis from 0 to 10 and sales are shown in dollars from 0 to 900. The graph shows maxima at 450 and 525, minima at 250 and 0.