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Displaying Data, SM-Bank 020 MC

A store sells second hand mobile phones.

The graph below shows the price of 2 similar second-hand phones.
 

 

Which of the following is true based on the graph shown?

  1. Phone A is older and less expensive than Phone B
  2. Phone B is older and more expensive than phone A
  3. Phone A is newer and more expensive than Phone B
  4. Phone A is older and more expensive than Phone B

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\(C\)

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\(\text{Phone A is left of Phone B }\rightarrow\ \text{ it is newer.}\)

\(\text{Phone A is higher than Phone B }\rightarrow\ \text{it is more expensive.}\)
 

\(\therefore\ \text{Phone A is newer and more expensive than Phone B.}\)
 

\(\Rightarrow C\)