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ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. Which of the following is a variable in Figure 1, but not in Figure 2?

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Here's your sciency shmoop du jour:

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Included below in Figure 1 are some salary

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statistics by year from Major League Baseball.

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Figure 2 contains the MLB salary information for the San Francisco Giants in 2009,

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including annual salary and player weight.

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Which of the following is a variable in Figure 1, but not in Figure 2?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Ok, what is this question asking?

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It's basically a "can you spot the difference between the two pictures" game.

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You've been amazing at this game ever since you downloaded the app onto your phone, so

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should be an easy transition here. The objective of this game...

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...is to find which of the options IS in figure 1, but is NOT in figure 2.

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Let's bring up the options again.

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Ok, of the four choices, which ones are mentioned in figure 1?

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Weight? Nope. Height? Uh-uh.

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Cross off A and D. Both time and salary are mentioned in figure 1...

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...so we can move on to the second part of the question to narrow down our choices.

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Which option is NOT mentioned in figure 2? Well, salary is mentioned in figure 2 as well...

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because the money is all jocks care about.

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Just kidding, it's the love of the game...right? We can eliminate C because it doesn't satisfy

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both parts of the question...

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...being a factor in figure 1 AND not being a factor in figure 2...

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...so we're left with B as our final answer.

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As in... "Barry Bonds tipped the scales in the weight department."

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