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Question
The number of Mathematics books sold by a shopkeeper on six consecutive days is shown below:
| Days | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Number of books sold |
65 | 40 | 30 | 50 | 20 | 70 |
Draw a bar graph to represent the above information choosing the scale of your choice.
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Solution
By taking a scale of 1 unit length = 10 books, we may draw a bar graph of the above data as follows:

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