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Students of a Small School Use Different Modes of Travel to School as Shown Below:Draw a Suitable Bar Graph.

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Students of a small school use different modes of travel to school as shown below:

Mode Bus  Car  Bicycle Auto On foot
No. of students 142 98 50 34 16

Draw a suitable bar graph.

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Chapter 24: Data Handling - Exercise 22 (B) [Page 253]

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Selina Concise Mathematics [English] Class 8 ICSE
Chapter 24 Data Handling
Exercise 22 (B) | Q 5 | Page 253

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