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Which figure on ACT Science

October 13, 2026 · 5 min read

If the stem names a figure, that figure is the answer key. Do not borrow a trend from the neighboring graph. Data passages as a set are in data representation.

Match the label, then the legend

Go to the named picture first, in go to the figure. Read its legend before you read a curve, in read the legend.

Right figure and right interval is the next filter, in right figure, right interval.

The bottom line

Named figure only. A true trend on Figure 2 does not answer a Figure 1 question.

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