You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The line graph shows the average prices of tickets sold at a theatre and the bar chart shows the average percentage of tickets sold in 2010 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.
Model Answer
The given line graph and column chart illustrate the quarterly figures of the average price in pounds of tickets sold at a theatre and the percentage of tickets sold in 2010 and 2011. It is clear from the graphs that despite the sharp hike in price of tickets in the third quarter of 2010, there was no fall in the percentage of tickets sold.
The line graph depicts that the average ticket prices remained steady at £ 9.25 in the first and second quarter of 2010, after which there was a sharp increase and the ticket prices reached £10.5 in the third quarter of 2010. Then the prices remained stable till the second quarter of 2011, after which there was a slight dip and the price fell to £10.25 in the third quarter of 2011, but picked up again and in the fourth quarter reached £10.5 again.
The column graph shows that the percentage of tickets sold was 60 in Q1 and Q2 of 2010. Despite the sharp hike in prices of tickets, there was only a small fall in the percentage of tickets sold (50%), and after that in the Q4 of 2010, 80% of tickets were sold which was the highest percentage in all the given 8 quarters. The least percentage of tickets was sold in Q1 and Q2 of 2011, but then the figures picked up again and by the end of Q4 2011, the sale of tickets reached 70%.