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Is it correct to say that in a histogram, the area of each rectangle is proportional to the class size of the corresponding class interval? If not, correct the statement.

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Is it correct to say that in a histogram, the area of each rectangle is proportional to the class size of the corresponding class interval? If not, correct the statement.

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Solution

As we know that in a histogram, the area of each rectangle is proportional to the corresponding frequency of its class.

Hence, the given statement is not correct.

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Chapter 14: Statistics & Probability - Exercise 14.2 [Page 137]

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics Exemplar [English] Class 9
Chapter 14 Statistics & Probability
Exercise 14.2 | Q 5. | Page 137

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