GRAPH: Traffic count

Intersection with cars, trucks, and buses

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The graph below shows vehicles counted at an intersection over a 4-minute span of time.

First, describe the information in the graph. What does it tell you?

Then talk about why it might be important to have this data. Who might want to know? How would they use it?

Examples and hints

Be sure to give details in your answer, especially to the first question. What does the graph show, exactly? Then use that information to support the second part of your answer as to how the data could be used.

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