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EXAMPLE 2. The following table shows the sale of cars by different companies during last year:
Name of company Maruti Hyundai Tata Ford
Number of cars sold 10000 6000 8000 9000

Represent the above data with bar graph.

SOLUTION : Y
10000
9000

8000
7000

6000
Number of cars 5000

4000
3000

2000
1000

Maruti Hyundai Tata Ford X
Name of company

Interpretation of Bar Graphs
The first step in reading a bar graph is to know what it represents or what is the information given by it.
For this, we read the titles which are generally written just below the hor izontal line (X-axis) and
ad ja cent to ver ti cal line (Y-axis). Af ter know ing that what does a bar graph rep re sent, we read the scale so
that we can know the pre cise val ues in the given data.
After reading a bar graph one must be able to draw certain conclusions from it. Drawing some conclusion
from a given bar graph means interpretation of the bar graph.
EX AM PLE 3. Read the bar graph shown and an swer the fol low ing ques tions:
Y
Scale : On Y-axis = 10 small divisions = 100 cars
800
700
600

500
No. of cars sold 300
400

200

100

Jan. Feb. March April May June X
Name of the months

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