Question

The following data gives the number (in thousands) of applicants registered with an Employment Exchange during, 1995-2000:

Year	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Number of applicants registered (in thousands)	18	20	24	28	30	34

Construct a bar graph to represent the above data.

Answer 1

1. Mark the horizontal axis OX as “Years” and the vertical axis OY as “Number of Applicants Registered (in thousands)”.

2. Along the horizontal axis OX, choose bars of uniform (equal) width, with a uniform gap between them.

3. Choose a suitable scale to determine the heights of the bars, according to the space available for the graph. Here, we choose 1 big divisions to represent 4 thousand applicants.