The bar chart shows the monthly spending in dollars of a family in the USA on three items in 2010.

The provided bar chart gives data relating to the monthly expenditure of a family on 3 various goods, namely food, gas, and clothing in the USA in 2010, over the period of 4 months (January, February, March, and April). From an

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perspective, the average spending fluctuated during the

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3 months. Looking at the bar graph meticulously, it can be inferred that in January citizens of the USA paid out more on food which displayed approximately 500

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, the expenditure on clothing touched the lowest point, accounting for just over 200

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figure showed almost the same monthly spending on food and clothing in February, depicting just above 500

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. From the statistics, it can be seen that there was an upward tendency in the average spending in March.

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, the expense of clothing reached the highest peak, culminating at just below 700

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, the highest of any category and month. Meanwhile, the average paid out of the US residents plummet to below 300

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