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A translator has agreed to translate 66 short documents, all approximately the same length, from Urdu to Spanish. The deadline for completion of all 66 documents is the twelfth day from the beginning of the project. For each of the first 9 days of the project, the graph shows the number of documents that she completed during that day.
Based on the information provided, select from each drop-down menu the option that creates the most accurate statement.
| Text Component | Literal Content | Simple Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Project scope | "translate 66 short documents" | A total of 66 documents must be translated. |
| Document characteristics | "all approximately the same length" | Each document is similar in length and presumed similar in effort. |
| Translation direction | "from Urdu to Spanish" | Translation is from Urdu to Spanish. |
| Deadline | "the twelfth day from the beginning of the project" | The full project must be completed by day 12. |
| Data shown | "For each of the first 9 days of the project, the graph shows the number of documents that she completed" | Only days 1 through 9 are shown in the chart, not the entire project. |
| Chart Component | What's Shown | What This Tells Us |
|---|---|---|
| Chart type | Horizontal bar chart with 9 bars | Each bar represents one day; clear presentation of daily progress for days 1-9. |
| Y-axis | Days 1-9, arranged from bottom to top | Shows sequential progression through the project's initial period. |
| X-axis | Number of documents completed per day (range: 1 to 6) | Productivity per day varies; some days are more productive than others. |
| Recent trend | Days 8 and 9 both show bars at the maximum length (6) | Recent days are the most productive, possibly indicating increased focus or urgency. |
| Total bar sum | 36 documents completed over 9 days | Out of 66 total, 36 are done, leaving 30 to complete in the last 3 days (days 10-12). |
According to the graph, during the first 9 days of the project, the translator completed a total of _____ documents.
What is needed: The sum of documents completed from Day 1 to Day 9.
If she continues to complete documents at exactly the same daily rate as on Days 8 and 9, she will complete the last of the documents _____ the day of the deadline.
What is needed: Will she finish all 66 documents before, on, or after the 12th day if she completes 6 per day for the final 3 days?
The translator completed 36 documents in the first 9 days by summing the daily amounts given in the chart. If she continues working at the rate of 6 documents/day (as on Days 8 and 9), she will only finish 54 documents by the 12-day deadline, which is not enough to complete the entire project of 66 documents. Therefore, she will complete all the documents after the day of the deadline.
Although Blank 1 provides information used for Blank 2, each blank can essentially be answered independently (Blank 1 only needs the chart, Blank 2 could work with the total from Blank 1 or could sum Days 1-9 themselves). The questions are thus semi-independent: they share data, but require distinct reasoning.