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Pictographs are sometimes misleading. Visit a Statistics Canada website about pictographs: www.statcan.gc.ca/edu/power-pouvoir/ch9/picto-figuratifs/5214825-eng.htm. What is the problem with the pictograph for the purchasing power of the Canadian dollar?

Pictographs are sometimes misleading. Visit a Statistics Canada website about pictographs: www.statcan.gc.ca/edu/power-pouvoir/ch9/picto-figuratifs/5214825-eng.htm. What is the problem with the pictograph for the purchasing power of the Canadian dollar?

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