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A newspaper publishes a bar chart of company profits. The y-axis starts at £4.8 million and ends at £5.2 million. The bars show: 2022 = £4.9m, 2023 = £5.0m, 2024 = £5.1m. The headline reads "PROFITS SOAR!"
Give three reasons why this chart is misleading.
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