Overview
Below is data from the United States Geological Survey on water withdrawal in the United States. Use the two columns of data below and create a "Line chart" in Google Sheets. Make a plot of Withdrawal vs Time (Y-axis vs. X-Axis). Plots should always have a descriptive title, axis labels on the x and y axes, a reasonable scale (all data shown on the plot, but the plot is not tiny), units for labels (if necessary), and a legend.
Year U.S. Water Withdrawal (billion gallons per day)
1950 184
1955 246
1960 271
1965 314
1970 372
1975 412
1980 435
1985 396
1990 403
1995 398
2000 416
2005 410
2010 355
2015 322
You can copy and paste the table into Google Sheets
Data from www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/sc... to an external site.
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