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Question

Students of a class voted for their favourite colour and a pie chart was prepared based on the data collected.

Observe the pie chart given below and answer questions based on it.


Which of the following is a reasonable conclusion for the given data?

Options

  • `1/20`th student voted for blue colour

  • Green is the least popular colour

  • The number of students who voted for red colour is two times the number of students who voted for yellow colour

  • Number of students liking together yellow and green colour is approximately the same as those for red colour

MCQ

Solution

Number of students liking together yellow and green colour is approximately the same as those for red colour

Explanation:

Number of students liking together yellow and green colours is (14 + 20)% i.e. 34%, which is approximately the same as those for red (35%).

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Chapter 2: Data Handling - Exercise [Page 43]

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics [English] Class 8
Chapter 2 Data Handling
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