Stacked bar charts will usually have lesser number of bars compared to a normal bar chart:
Normal bar chart - 9 bars
Stacked Bar Chart - 3 bars
We can easily see a 'part-of-a-whole' methodology being used here as well - we are seeing the breakdown of Segments within each Category.
To easily visualize trends over time - This is the definition of a line chart.
To visualize each discrete category using a separate bar - This can be accomplished using a simple bar chart, why use a stacked one?
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