Use the bar graph to answer the following questions: 1. On which item does Imran’s family spend the most and the second most?

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Understand the Question

A bar graph visually represents quantities through the heights of bars corresponding to each category.
To find the items with the highest and second highest spending, compare the values or bar heights for each expenditure category from the graph:
- $\text{Food} = ₹3400$
- $\text{House rent} = ₹3000$
- $\text{Miscellaneous} = ₹1200$
- $\text{Education} = ₹800$
- $\text{Transport} = ₹600$
- $\text{Electricity} = ₹400$

1 On which item does Imran’s family spend the most and the second most?

Step 1 · Find the Highest Expenditure

Read the expenditure for each item from the given bar graph: Diagram 1

Comparing all the values: $3400 > 3000 > 1200 > 800 > 600 > 400$

The largest expenditure is $₹3400$ , which corresponds to Food.

Step 2 · Find the Second Highest Expenditure

Comparing the remaining expenditures ( $3000, 1200, 800, 600, 400$ ):

The highest among the remaining values is $₹3000$ , which corresponds to House rent.

Answer

1 Most: Food, Second most: House rent

Common Mistakes

Scale Misreading: Misreading intermediate values on the vertical axis (e.g., confusing $3400$ with $3500$ ).
Order Inversion: Listing the items in ascending order instead of identifying the top two highest expenditures.

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