Question

Given below is a bar graph showing the heights of five mountain peaks.


Read the bar graph carefully and answer the following questions.
(i) Name the highest peak and mention its height.
(ii) What is the ratio between the heights of the lowest and the highest peaks?
(iii) Arrange the heights of the given peaks in an ascending order.
(iv) Which peaks differ in height by 600 metres?

Answer 1

(i) It is clear from the graph that the bar of the maximum height corresponds to Mount Everest. So, the highest peak is Mount Everest.
The height of Mount Everest is 8800 m.

(ii) It is clear from the graph that the bar of the maximum height corresponds to Mount Everest. So, the highest peak is Mount Everest.
The height of Mount Everest is 8800 m.
It is clear from the graph that the bar of the minimum height corresponds to Annapurna. So, the lowest peak is Annapurna.
The height of Annapurna is 6000 m.
Required ratio = $\frac{8800}{6000}=\frac{22}{15}$ or 22 : 15

(iii) The heights of the given peaks 8800 m, 6000 m, 7500 m, 8200 m and 8000 m.
The heights of the given peaks in an ascending order is given by
6000 m, 7500 m, 8000 m, 8200 m and 8800 m.

(iv)The height of Mount Everest is 8800 m.
The height of Kanchenjunga is 8200 m.
The difference between the heights of these two peaks is 8800 − 8200 = 600 m.
The two peaks differ in height by 600 metres are Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga.