"Just look at the graph," the player's agent said. "Phil's hits have doubled since last year. We are looking for a large raise and a long contract."

Look at the graph.
Graph: i.imgur. com/wY0gqtQ.png

How can you redraw this graph so it appears that Phil's hits have quadrupled since last year.

a.
Use the same scale and make the top bar twice as thick as the bottom bar.
b.
Alter the scale so the top bar appears four times as long as the bottom bar.
c.
Both a and b.
d.
Neither a or b.

what the answer

To determine how to redraw the graph to make Phil's hits appear quadrupled since last year, we should analyze the given options.

Option a suggests using the same scale and making the top bar twice as thick as the bottom bar. This means that if the top bar represents Phil's hits for this year, it would be twice as thick as the bottom bar representing Phil's hits for last year. However, doubling the thickness of the bar does not accurately reflect a quadrupling in hits.

Option b proposes altering the scale so that the top bar appears four times as long as the bottom bar. This means that the length of the top bar would be four times the length of the bottom bar, properly reflecting a quadrupling in hits.

Considering both options, option b accurately represents a quadrupling in Phil's hits since last year. Therefore, the correct answer is option b: Alter the scale so the top bar appears four times as long as the bottom bar.

To redraw the graph so that it appears that Phil's hits have quadrupled since last year, you would need to alter the scale so that the top bar appears four times as long as the bottom bar.

Therefore, the correct answer is b. Alter the scale so the top bar appears four times as long as the bottom bar.