1.50 Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup On April 20, EXO150 2010, the United States experienced a major environmental disaster when a Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The number of...

Extracted text: 1.50 Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup On April 20, EXO150 2010, the United States experienced a major environmental disaster when a Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The number of personnel and equipment used in the Gulf oil spill cleanup, beginning May 2, 2010 (Day 13) through June 9, 2010 (Day 51) is given in the following table.13 Data Day 13 Day 26 Day 39 Day 51 Number of personnel (1000s) 3.0 3% 46 156 1.0 17.5 8% 315 500 6.0 20.0 25% 644 870 14.0 24.0 32% 909 Federal Gulf fishing areas closed Booms laid (miles) Dispersants used (1000 gallons) Vessels deployed (100s) 1143 35.0 a. What graphical methods could you use to display these data? b. Before you draw your graphs, what trends do you see in each of the variables displayed? c. Use a line chart to display the number of personnel deployed over this 51-day period. d. Use a bar graph to display the percentage of federal Gulf fishing areas closed. e. Use a line chart to display the amounts of dispersants used. Is there any underlying straight line relationship over time?