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The number of students (boys and girls) of class IX participating in different activities during their annual day function is given below:
| Activities | Dance | Speech | Singing | Quiz | Drama | Anchoring |
| Boys | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Girls | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Draw a double bar graph for the above data.
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Solution
The double bar graph is as follows:
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