Academic Task 1. Part 1. Line Graphs & Bar Charts.
Chart 7. Example Task 1 Question and Answer.
Cost of Digital Accessories in the USA. FREE Video - Band 9 Writing Demo Below ...
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The chart gives information about the cost of digital cameras and mobile phones in the USA from 2006 to 2016.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
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The chart gives information about sales of digital devices in Brazil from 2010 to 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
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Chart 7. Line Graph. Cost of Digital Accessories in the USA.
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The chart gives information about the cost of digital cameras and mobile phones in the USA from 2006 to 2016.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Introduction – include what, where, when and the unit of measurement (www.um)
The data is provided as a line graph, which compares the average price in US dollars of digital cameras and mobile phones (and smartphones after 2009) over a 10 year period between 2006 and 2016.
Overview - describe what happens from 2006 to 2016 OVERALL.
Overall, it can clearly be seen that while the average price to buy a digital camera fell dramatically by over 50% over the ten years being compared, the cost of purchasing a mobile phone or smartphone soared rapidly to more than double its 2006 price and was almost twice as expensive as a digital camera by 2016.
Paragraph 1. Choose 2 points in the timeline and describe in words and quote the data.
In more detail, in 2006, digital cameras were by far the most expensive at just under four hundred and seventy US dollars ($469), whereas the price of mobile phones at this time were much lower at almost two-hundred and twenty US dollars ($219). However, four years later the price of both commodities had almost converged as while the price of mobile phones increased considerably to $319, the average cost of a digital camera became more affordable when the price had fallen to just under three-hundred and fifty US dollars ($349)
Paragraph 2. Choose 2 points in the timeline and describe in words and quote the data.
Not surprisingly, after the introduction of touch-screen smartphones, the average price of a mobile smartphone sky-rocketed to an all-time high of just under $600 US dollars ($589), whereas the average cost of a digital camera declined to an all-time low of less than $200 ($195). Finally, by the end of the period, the price of smartphones pulled-back considerably to just under $450 ($449), and the corresponding price of digital cameras recovered marginally to $229 US dollars. Band 9.