Questions: Although you want to choose a career that fits your interests and abilities, it is good to have an idea of what jobs pay when looking for career options. The bar graph shows the average yearly earnings of full-time employed college graduates with only a bachelor's degree based on their college major. Use the information given by the graph to represent the following set by the roster method. The set of college majors with average yearly earnings that exceed 69,000. Choose the correct answer below. A. Philosophy, Nursing, Journalism, Marketing, Accounting, Engineering B. Social Work, Philosophy, Nursing, Journalism, Marketing, Accounting, Engineering C. Engineering D. Accounting, Engineering

Although you want to choose a career that fits your interests and abilities, it is good to have an idea of what jobs pay when looking for career options. The bar graph shows the average yearly earnings of full-time employed college graduates with only a bachelor's degree based on their college major.

Use the information given by the graph to represent the following set by the roster method.
The set of college majors with average yearly earnings that exceed 69,000.

Choose the correct answer below.
A. Philosophy, Nursing, Journalism, Marketing, Accounting, Engineering
B. Social Work, Philosophy, Nursing, Journalism, Marketing, Accounting, Engineering
C. Engineering
D. Accounting, Engineering
Transcript text: Although you want to choose a career that fits your interests and abilities, it is good to have an idea of what jobs pay when looking for career options. The bar graph shows the average yearly earnings of full-time employed college graduates with only a bachelor's degree based on their college major. Use the information given by the graph to represent the following set by the roster method. The set of college majors with average yearly earnings that exceed $69,000. Choose the correct answer below. A. {Philosophy, Nursing, Journalism, Marketing, Accounting, Engineering} B. {Social Work, Philosophy, Nursing, Journalism, Marketing, Accounting, Engineering} C. {Engineering} D. {Accounting, Engineering}
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Solution Steps

Step 1: Analyze the bar graph

The bar graph presents Average Earnings, by College Major, in thousands of dollars. We need to find the majors exceeding $69,000.

Step 2: Identify majors exceeding $69,000

Only Engineering, at $76,000, exceeds this threshold.

Final Answer: The correct answer is C. {Engineering}

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