Question 10.1

10.1 Taxes. There are currently seven states in the United States that do not collect income tax. The accompanying table contains the combined state and average local sales tax in 2014 for these seven states as computed by the Tax Foundation.

State State and average
local sales tax
Alaska 1.69
Florida 6.62
Nevada 7.93
South Dakota 5.83
Texas 8.15
Washington 8.88
Wyoming 5.49

Is the variable “state’’ categorical or quantitative? Should you use a pie chart or a bar graph to display the state and average local sales tax for these states? Why?