The histograms below illustrate the number of hours of sunshine during August in two regions, A and B. Neither region had more than 8 hours of sunshine per day.

a. Explain how you know that some information for one of the regions has been omitted.

b. After studying the histograms, two students make the following statements.

● Bindu: There was more sunshine in region A than in region B during the first 2 weeks of August.

● Janet: In August there was less sunshine in region A than in region B.

Discuss these statements and decide whether or not you agree with each of them. In each case, explain your reasoning.

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Region A Region B 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 6 7 8 Hours of sunshine Hours of sunshine Days per hour of sunshine 2. Days per hour of sunshine 2