This table summarizes the number of cases (a case has 24 bottles or cans) of different types of soft drinks sold in the United States in 2004. (From Beverage Digest, March 4, 2005.)

(a) Describe your impression of the underlying data table. Do you think that it has a row for every case of soft drinks that was sold?
(b) Prepare a chart of these data to be used in a presentation. The plot should emphasize the share of the market held by the different brands.
(c) Prepare a chart of these data that compares the share of the market held by each of the three companies. Is this chart different from the chart used in part (b)? If not, explain how you could use the chart in part (a).
(d) Prepare a chart that contrasts the amounts of diet and regular soft drinks sold.

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Brand Coke Classic Pepsi-Cola Diet Coke Mt Dew Diet Pepsi Sprite Dr Pepper Caffeine-free Diet Coke Diet Dr Pepper Sierra Mist Company Cases (millions) Coke Pepsi Coke Pepsi Pepsi Coke Cadbury Coke 1833 1180 998 648 625 580 574 170 140 Cadbury Pepsi 139