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Gate revenue by team: Falcons, Bears, Wolves, LynxFour-slice pie of gate revenue by team. Each slice is labeled with its dollar value in millions.48%30%16%6%Falcons ($48M)Bears ($30M)Wolves ($16M)Lynx ($6M)

The pie chart below shows how a basketball league's $100 million in total gate revenue last season was split among its four teams: the Falcons, the Bears, the Wolves, and the Lynx. The teams played 40 home games (Falcons), 20 home games (Bears), 16 home games (Wolves), and 12 home games (Lynx). Select from each drop-down menu to complete the statement so that it is most accurate according to the data shown.

The team with the largest total gate revenue was the , but the team with the highest gate revenue per home game was the .

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1: Falcons · 2: Bears

The two blanks ask different questions, and the trick is not to let the first answer the second. The first blank wants the largest total gate revenue, which the pie shows directly: the Falcons' $48 million slice is the biggest, so the first blank is the Falcons.

The second blank changes the question to gate revenue per home game, which means dividing each team's gate revenue by its number of home games, given in the stem and not on the chart. The Falcons earned $48 million over 40 games, which is $1.2 million a game. The Bears earned $30 million over just 20 games, which is $1.5 million a game, the highest of the four. The Wolves average $1.0 million and the Lynx $0.5 million, both below the Bears.

The trap is to carry the Falcons into the second blank because they earn the most overall. But a large total spread over many home games can be a modest average per game, while a smaller total over few games can be a high average. The team with the largest total gate revenue is the Falcons; the team with the highest gate revenue per home game is the Bears. Decide which question each blank is asking, and the same pie gives two different teams.