Example 3: The table shows number of customers of XY Convenience Store during a typical week.

Draw a line
graph.
Mo Th
Day Sun Tue Wed Fri Sat Solution: We use the horizontal axis for the days.
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Generally, the horizontal axis is used as the time
Number of
axis and the vertical axis is used to show the
Customer 300 330 110 40 70 280 170
changes in the other quantity.
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Daily Number of Customers of XY Convenience Store

350
Number of Customers

300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Days of Week

LINE GRAPH
used to represent changes in data over a period. In a line graph, data are represented by points and are joined
by line segments. A line graph may be curved, broken or straight.
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