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How graphs can be misleading?

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Graphs can be misleading by having a break in them, not starting at zero, or go up by a certain nuber and then another number completely (ex:up by 1's and then up by 3's). Commercials for companies usually use misleading graphs to enfluence people to buy their porduct. In other words, they lie to get more customers but don't really lie- they just break up the graph to a certain point.

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