Question

Is this statement true or false?

According to the graph, during periods of recession, the number of people in poverty increases.
True
False

Answer 1

Answer: The Statement is true

Step-by-step explanation: the lines in the graph are constantly parallel to each other, showing that when one increases, so does the other

Answer 2

The given statement is true.

Explanation:

We are given the following graph in the picture:

On the x-axis years are shown from 1959 to 2005.

The y axis shows the poverty rate and the number of people in poverty.

The blue strips in the graph are the recession time.

Now, for each blue strip, we could see the line for poverty rate and the number of people in poverty increases. There is an upward trend in the line in the blue strip.

In other words we could say that the slope increases for all the blue strips which actually represents that the number of people in poverty increases in recession.

Thus, the given statement is true.