1993 AJHSME Problems/Problem 10
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Problem
This line graph represents the price of a trading card during the first 
months of 
.
![[asy] unitsize(18); for (int a = 0; a <= 6; ++a) { draw((4*a,0)--(4*a,10)); } for (int a = 0; a <= 5; ++a) { draw((0,2*a)--(24,2*a)); } draw((0,5)--(4,4)--(8,8)--(12,3)--(16,9)--(20,6)--(24,2),linewidth(1.5)); label("$Jan$",(2,0),S); label("$Feb$",(6,0),S); label("$Mar$",(10,0),S); label("$Apr$",(14,0),S); label("$May$",(18,0),S); label("$Jun$",(22,0),S); label("$\textbf{1993 PRICES FOR A TRADING CARD}$",(12,10),N); label("$\begin{tabular}{c}\textbf{P} \\ \textbf{R} \\ \textbf{I} \\ \textbf{C} \\ \textbf{E} \end{tabular}$",(-2,5),W); label("$1$",(0,2),W); label("$2$",(0,4),W); label("$3$",(0,6),W); label("$4$",(0,8),W); label("$5$",(0,10),W); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/9/1/e914c5adc3594611eede750c17915a0ce8140216.png)
The greatest monthly drop in price occurred during
Solution
The graph shows the following price changes:
Jan : Change:-0.50
Feb : Change:+2.00
Mar : Change:-2.50
Apr : Change:+3.00
May : Change:-0.50
Jun : Change:-2.00
Therefore, 
has the largest price drop.
See Also
| 1993 AJHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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