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Question
Use the tables below to draw linear graphs.
The number of days a hill side city received snow in different years.
| Year | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Days | 8 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
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Solution
By taking the years on the x-axis and the number of days on y-axis and taking scale as 1 unit = 2 days on y-axis and 2 unit = 1 year on x-axis, the linear graph of the given information can be drawn as follows:

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