Vo Thanh Danh

The given pie chart illustrates the proportion of the median family’s expenditure on restaurant
meals in different periods, including 1985, 1995, 3005, and 2015. Meanwhile, the given line
delineates the intermediate number of meals each family has in two kinds of restaurants, fast-
food type and sit-down one, throughout a 30-year period starting from 1980.

Overall, it is apparent that expenditure on home cooking outnumbered one spent on restaurant
meals in 1985. During the observed time, there was a downward trend in the food budget
average family spent on home cooking, as opposed to that spent on restaurant meals.
Furthermore, both fast-food meals and sit-down ones witnessed a significant increase
throughout the given period.

Looking at the bar chart, the proportion of expenditure on restaurant meals was accountable
for the least, with just 10%; whereas, the figure for that on home cooking was much higher
and even responsible for the highest percentage with 90%. However, every 10-year period
passed, there was a fall to 85% and 65% in 1995 and 2005, respectively in the proportion of
home cooking. On the flipside, the percentage of money spent on restaurant meals took a lead
to from 10% to 35% in 2005. In the last year, the ratio of restaurant meals to home cooking
was 50/50, which means that they had the same proportion.

Concerning the line graph, the number of meals per year was 20 for both fast-food and sit-
down restaurants in 1970. Although the liking for sit-down restaurants grew more than fast-
food restaurants initially, the preferences reversed after 1990. Fast food grew sharply whereas
that of sitdown restaurants grew at a relatively slower rate.