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The following chart gives the growth in height in terms of percentage of full height of boys and girls with their respective ages. Age (in years) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 - Mathematics

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The following chart gives the growth in height in terms of percentage of full height of boys and girls with their respective ages.

Age (in years) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

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Boys 72% 75% 78% 81% 84% 88% 92% 95% 98% 99% 100%
Girls 77% 81% 84% 88% 91% 95% 98% 99% 99.5% 100% 100%

Draw the line graph of above data on the same sheet and answer the following questions.

  1. In which year both the boys and the girls achieve their maximum height?
  2. Who grows faster at puberty (14 years to 16 years of age)?
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Solution

  1. In 18 yr, the boys and in 17 yr, the girls achieve their maximum height.
  2. Boys grows faster the girls during puberty.
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Chapter 12: Introduct To Graphs - Exercise [Page 391]

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics [English] Class 8
Chapter 12 Introduct To Graphs
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