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Question
Plot the points (2, 8), (7, 8) and (12, 8). Join these points in pairs. Do they lie on a line? What do you observe?
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Solution
Take a point O on the graph paper and draw the horizontal and vertical lines OX and OY respectively.
Then, let on the x-axis and y axis 1 cm represents 1 unit.
In order to plot point (2, 8), we start from the origin O and move 8 cm along OX. The point we arrive at is (2, 8).
To plot point (7, 8), we move 7 cm along OX and 8 cm along OY. The point we arrive at is (7, 8).
To plot point (12, 8), we move 12 cm along OX and 8 cm along OY. The point we arrive at is (12,8).
From the graph below, it can be seen that the points lie on a line parallel to x-axis because they have the same y-coordinate.
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| 1st Term (M.M. 100) | 67 | 72 | 88 | 81 | 73 |
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| 2005-2006 | 47 | 9 |
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Try yourself
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Study the bar graph and answer the following questions:
- Find the total number of newspapers read in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Marathi and Tamil.
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