Question

The following table shows the interest paid by a company (in lakhs):

Year	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000
Interest (in lakhs of rupees)	20	25	15	18	30

Draw the bar graph to represent the above information.

Answer 1

1. Mark the horizontal axis OX as “Years” and the vertical axis OY as “Interest (in lakhs of rupees)”.

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 5 lakhs rupees.