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प्रश्न
The bar graph given below represents the circulation of newspapers (dailies) in a town in six languages (the figures are approximated to hundreds).

Study the bar graph and answer the following questions:
- Find the total number of newspapers read in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Marathi and Tamil.
- Find the excess number of newspapers read in Hindi than those in English.
- Name the language in which the least number of newspapers are read.
- Write the total circulation of newspapers in the town.
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उत्तर
Number of newspapers in Urdu = 200
Number of newspapers in Tamil = 100
Number of newspapers in English = 500
Number of newspapers in Hindi = 800
Number of newspapers in Marathi = 300
Number of newspapers in Punjabi = 400
a. Total number of newspapers read in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Marathi and Tamil
= 800 + 400 + 200 + 300 + 100
= 1800
b. Excess number of newspapers read in Hindi than those in English
= Number of newspapers read in Hindi – Number of newspapers read in English
= 800 – 500
= 300
c. Out of all the newspapers, least number of newspapers in Tamil, i.e. 100 newspapers are read.
d. Total circulation of newspapers in the town.
= Number of newspapers in six different languages
= 200 + 100 + 500 + 800 + 300 + 400
= 2300
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