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Question
A graph that displays data that changes continuously over periods of time is ______.
Options
bar graph
pie chart
histogram
line graph
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Solution
A graph that displays data that changes continuously over periods of time is line graph.
Explanation:
Line graph is an important way to represent and compare the data which varies continuously.
A line graph displays the relation between two varying quantities.
In a line graph, we connect all the points by a line segment while in bar graph and histogram, we use rectangles of uniform width.
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