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Tool:
Graph of the US Income Distribution: Visualizing Large Numbers |
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| Go to: |
http://www.lcurve.org
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| Description: |
Interact with a graph displaying family income across the population using a football field as the context. The height of the curve at any point is the height of a stack of $100 bills equaling that income. The graph is skewed: ranging over 5 orders of magnitude. The web site discusses the implications of the graph. Download the one page PDF file explaining "The L-Curve" idea. |
| Technology Type: |
JavaScript | |
| Author: |
David Chandler |
| Language: |
English | |
| Cost: |
Does not require payment for use |
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| Support Material: |
Millions and Billions |
| Courses: |
Math 4 |
Large numbers |
| Math 5 |
Large numbers |
| Math 6 |
Large numbers, Line graphs, Misleading graphs |
| Math 7 |
Large numbers, Line graphs, Misleading graphs |
| Probability & Statistics |
Displaying with Graphs, Describing with Numbers, Categorical Data Relations |
| Discrete Math |
Financial math |
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| Comment: | thanks for putting things in perspective |
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