Question

The following line graph shows the yearly sales figure for a manufacturing company. 

1. What were the sales in (i) 2002 (ii) 2006?
2. What were the sales in (i) 2003 (ii) 2005?
3. Compute the difference between the sales in 2002 and 2006.
4. In which year was there the greatest difference between the sales as compared to its previous year?

Answer 1

(a)
(i) In \(2002\), the sales were Rs \(4\) crores.
(ii) In \(2006\), the sales were Rs \(8\) crores.

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(b)
(i) In \(2003\), the sales were Rs \(7\) crores.
(ii) In \(2005\), the sales were Rs \(10\) crores.

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(c)
(i) In \(2002\), the sales were Rs \(4\) crores and in \(2006\), the sales were Rs \(8\) crores.
Difference between the sales in \(2002\) and \(2006\)
= Rs \((8 - 4)\) crores 
= Rs \(4\) crores

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(d) Difference between the sales of the year \(2006\) and \(2005\)
= Rs \((10 - 8) \)crores = Rs \(2\) crores
Difference between the sales of the year \(2005\) and \(2004\)
= Rs \((10 - 6)\) crores 
= Rs \(4\) crores
Difference between the sales of the year \(2004\) and \(2003\)
= Rs \((7 - 6)\) crore = Rs \(1\) crore
Difference between the sales of the year \(2003\) and \(2002\)
= Rs \((7 - 4)\) crores = Rs \(3\) crores

Hence, the difference was the maximum in the year \(2005\) as compared to its previous year \(2004\).