Question

The air distances of four cities from Delhi (in km) are given below:

City	Kolkata	Mumbai	Chennai	Hyderabad
Distance from Delhi (in km)	1340	1100	1700	1220

Draw a bar graph to represent the above data.

Answer 1

We can draw the bar graph by following steps:

Step 1.- On a graph paper, draw a horizontal line OX as x-axis and vertical line OY as y-axis.

Step 2.- Along OX, write the names of the cities at the points that are taken at a uniform gap.

Step 3.- Choose the scale:
1 big division = 100 km
1 small division = 10 km

Step 4.- Heights of the various bars:
Kolkata = 134 small divisions = 13 big divisions and 4 small divisions
Mumbai = 110 small divisions = 11 big divisions
Chennai = 170 small divisions = 17 big divisions
Hyderabad = 122 small divisions = 12 big divisions and 2 small divisions

Step 5.- Draw bars of equal width on the x-axis. The difference between the two bars should also be the same.

We get the following bar graph: