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The following graph gives the information about the number of railway tickets sold for different cities on a railway ticket counter between 6.00 am to 10.00 am. Read the bar graph and answer the following questions.

Scale : 1 unit length = 10 tickets



A. How many tickets were sold in all?


B. For which city were the maximum number of tickets sold?


C. For which city were the minimum number of tickets sold?


D. Name the cities for which the number of tickets sold is more than 20.


E. Fill in the blanks:


Number of tickets sold for Delhi and Jaipur together exceeds the total number of tickets sold for Patna and Chennai by _______.

(A) 290


Total number of tickets sold = sum of number of tickets sold for Patna , Jaipur, Delhi, Chennai and Guwahati.


Total number of tickets sold = 80+50+100+20+40 = 290


(B) Delhi


From the above graph, it can be observed that the number of tickets sold for Delhi was 100 which is the most number among the other cities.


(C) Chennai


From the above graph, it can be observed that the number of tickets sold for Chennai was 20 which is the least number among the other cities.


(D) Patna, Jaipur, Delhi and Guwahati


From the graph, it can be observed that the only city with total number of tickets sold 20 is Chandigarh. The rest of the cities have more number of tickets sold.


(E) 50


Total number of tickets sold for Delhi and Jaipur together = 150


Total number of tickets sold for Patna and Chennai together = 100


Difference = 150 – 100 = 50


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