The graph below gives information about the sales of the three most commonly purchased items in a particular bakery for the year 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph shows the value of

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of popular baked goods in an individual bakery in 2014.

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, bread and

buns

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appear to have been more profitable than pies but the

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of

buns

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ended the period in steep decline, ending up even below pie

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. In

January

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,

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of bread were valued at $80,000 but

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figure fell to around $45,000 in March and fluctuated between $40,000 and $65,000 until September. The

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quarter,

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, saw a jump in the value of bread

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to finish where it was at the beginning of the year. The

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of

buns

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followed quite a different pattern. In

January

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, bun

sales

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stood at $40,000 but quickly rose to $70,000 in May and remained stable until August, after which they plunged to just $30,000 in December. The value of pies sold slowly increased from $10,000 in

January

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$20,000 in August.

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levelled off but went up sharply in the

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two months of the year to close just ahead of

buns

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at $40,000. Pies were the only item where

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figures in December exceeded those in

January

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.