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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 ______.

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Solution

(a) Total tickets sold = 80 + 50 + 100 + 20 + 40 = 290

(b) Maximum number of tickets were sold for Delhi, i.e. 100 tickets.

(c) Minimum number of tickets were sold for Chennai, i.e. 20 tickets.

(d) The cities for which the number of tickets sold is more than 20 are Patna, Jaipur, Delhi and Guwahati.

(e) Number of tickets sold for Delhi and Jaipur together = 100 + 50 = 150 and number of tickets sold for Patna and Chennai together = 80 + 20 = 100 and required difference = 150 – 100 = 50.

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