Properly formatted charts and graphs can help you grasp the patterns and trends hidden within the raw data of an Excel spreadsheet. For example, if you are comparing the stock performance of two ...

The graphs of \(y = 2x + 1\) and \(y = 2x - 2\) are shown below. The graph of \(y = 2x + 1\) crosses the \(y\)-axis at (0, 1). The graph of \(y = 2x - 2\) crosses the ...

Excel has two primary types of charts that graph data sets onto an axis: line charts and scatter charts. Depending on your settings, the two types of charts can look identical, but using the wrong one ...

The scale on the left graph is inappropriate. The numbers go up higher than necessary on both axes. This means the points are squashed into a small part of the graph area and are difficult to read ...