The pie charts below show the percentage of five kinds of books sold by a bookseller between 1972 and 2012.
The given pie charts illustrate the proportion of five different kinds of
books
sold by a bookstore in three different years (1972, 1992, and 2012).
Overall
, it can be noted that the highest sold book in 1972 was other types of books
, while
in the next two years, the most popular book which was sold was adult fiction. Moreover
, the percentage of adult fiction and children's fiction books
went up, whereas
other types of books
and biographies went down.
With regards to adult books
, the sale
made up 20% in 1972 and it then
increased dramatically by a quarter in 2012. In the case of children's books
, sale
was 20% in 1972 after which they climbed slightly to reach 25% at the end
of the period.
On the other hand
, regarding other books
, the highest sale
was in the first year accounting for 25% , however
, the rate dropped significantly to 12% in 2012. Similarly
, when it comes to biography books
, the sale
was 20% in 1972 then
it touched the lowest point reaching 8% in 2012. Turning to travel books
, the sale
fluctuated between 15% and 10%.Submitted by s_syedy on
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