There were four polling centres for a certain election. The number of voters registered at every centre and the number of votes actually cast there are shown in the joint bar graph below.

(1) What is the number of voters registered at the Jawahar Vidyalaya centre and the actual number of votes cast?
(2) Which polling centre had the largest number of registered voters?
(3) At which polling centre were the largest number of votes cast?
(4) What is the number of votes cast at the School No. 5 centre?

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Solution

(1) The bar graph shows that at the Jawahar Vidyalaya centre, there were 700 registered voters and 450 votes were cast.
(2) The bar graph shows that the height of the bar for the City High School centre for the registered voters is greatest; therefore, the largest number of registered voters were at the City High School centre.
(3) The bar graph shows that the height of the bar for the Remand Home centre for the votes cast is greatest; therefore, the largest number of votes were cast at the Remand Home centre.
(4) The bar graph shows that the height of the bar for votes cast at the School No. 5 centre is 500; therefore, 500 votes were cast at the School No. 5 centre.

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