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A random survey of the number of children of various age groups playing in a park was found as follows:
Draw a histogram to represent the data above.
Solution:
- From the given data, we can observe that the class intervals have varying widths. This will make the rectangular bars have varying widths and will give us a misleading picture of the data.
- The areas of the rectangles should be proportional to the frequencies in a histogram.
- So, we need to make certain modifications in the lengths so that area is proportional to the frequencies.
- The lengths of the rectangles are then modified to be proportionate to the class size
- For instance, when the class size is 5, the length of the rectangle is 10. So when the class size is 1, the length of the rectangle will be 10/5 × 1 = 2
We will proceed in similar manner, to get the following table:
|
Age (in years) |
Number of children |
Width of the Class |
Length of the rectangle |
|
1–2 |
5 |
1 |
(5 × 1)/1 = 5 |
|
2–3 |
3 |
1 |
(3 × 1)/1 = 3 |
|
3–5 |
6 |
2 |
(6 × 1)/2 = 3 |
|
5–7 |
12 |
2 |
(12 × 1)/2 = 6 |
|
7–10 |
9 |
3 |
(9 × 1)/3 = 3 |
|
10–15 |
10 |
5 |
(10 × 1)/5 = 2 |
|
15–17 |
4 |
2 |
(4 × 1)/2 = 2 |
Taking the age of children on x-axis and the proportion of children per year on y-axis, the histogram will be:
☛ Check: NCERT Solutions Class 9 Maths Chapter 14
Video Solution:
A random survey of the number of children of various age groups playing in a park was found as follows: Draw a histogram to represent the data above.
NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Maths Chapter 14 Exercise 14.3 Question 8
Summary:
The data of a random survey of the number of children of various age groups playing in a park is given. We have made a Histogram to represent the data.
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