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The provided line chart delineates the trends in the average amount of money
spent by United States consumers on cell phone, national, and international
fixed-line services throughout nearly a decade, from 2001 to 2010. From the statistics, it can be inferred that the most popular services in the year 2001 was national fixed-line services. But shortly thereafter, it witnessed a dramatically decreased, while the spending on other services showed an upward trend. In 2001, USA cilents spent the most money on national fixed-line services at $700, whereas the number for cell phone services and international fixex-line services were respectively $200 and $250. In the next five year, the average expenditure on national fixed-line saw a sharply decline to $500. In contrast, expenditure cell phones increased gradually by $500 and the last services, at under $300 By 2006, it can be concluded from the figures that the expenditure on cell phone services matched national fixed-line cell phone services, at $500. At the end of the period from 2006 to 2010, the average annual expenditure on cell phone services experienced still saw a significant growth and reached a peak nearly $750, while national fixed-line services fell to around $400. Spending on international fixed-line services remained unchanged during this period. On the other hand, the expenditure on the remaining services did not see any changes in this period. The provided bar chart illustrates an overview of the spending on consumer goods in France and the UK in the year 2010. The chart categorizes the expenditure into five different products namely cars, computers, books, perfume and cameras. To begin with, it can be seen from the chart that both countries allocated the highest amount of money to cars, while perfume had the least expenditure. In addition, the UK spent more money on commodities than France. Looking at the chart, it can be concluded that the spending on cars in the UK was higher than France, with 450.000 and 400.000 pounds respectively. The British spent more than double on cars compared to the French did too, with 350.000 and 150.000 pounds in turn. The spending by the English on books was also higher than the French, at nearly 400.000 compared to 300.000 pounds. On the other hand, while the spending on cars, books and cameras in the UK was higher than in France, the expenditure on computers of the UK was lower than in France, with around 380.000 compared to 350.00 pounds. Finally, the French spent 200.000 pounds on perfume, higher than the 150.000 pounds by the UK. In summary, the chart highlights that both countries prefered spending on cars. The UK spent more on books and cameras, whereas france prioritized spending on computers and perfume.