The shoppers who come to a departmental store are marked as: man (M), woman (W), boy (B) or girl (G). The following list gives the shoppers who came during the first hour in the morning:
W W W G B W W M G G M M W W W W G B M W B G G M W W M M W W W M W B W G M W W W W G W M M W W M W G W M G W M M B G G W
Make a frequency distribution table using tally marks. Draw a bar graph to illustrate it

Solution:

A frequency distribution shows the frequency of repeated items in a graphical form or tabular form.

The frequency distribution table is shown as follows:

The illustration of the data using bar-graph is shown as follows:

☛ Check: NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Maths Chapter 5

Video Solution:

The shoppers who come to a departmental store are marked as: man (M), woman (W), boy (B) or girl (G). The following list gives the shoppers who came during the first hour in the morning: W W W G B W W M G G M M W W W W G B M W B G G M W W M M W W W M W B W G M W W W W G W M M W W M W G W M G W M M B G G W. Make a frequency distribution table using tally marks. Draw a bar graph to illustrate it.

NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Maths Chapter 5 Exercise 5.1 Question 2

Summary:

The shoppers who come to a departmental store are marked as: man (M), woman (W), boy (B) or girl (G). The following list gives the shoppers who came during the first hour in the morning: W W W G B W W M G G M M W W W W G B M W B G G M W W M M W W W M W B W G M W W W W G W M M W W M W G W M G W M M B G G W. The bar graph and frequency distribution for the shoppers who came to a department store are illustrated in the solution.

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