Suppose the scale of a bar
graph is 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20.
Describe the bar graph that would represent the number 10.
The number 10 is half way between 8 and 12.
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To describe the bar graph that represents the number 10 with the given scale (0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20), we need to determine the appropriate height of the bar that corresponds to the value of 10.
Since the scale goes up by 4 units, we can calculate the height of the bar for 10 by considering the intervals between the scale values. The interval between 8 and 12 is 4 units, and the distance between 8 and 10 is 2 units.
To find the height of the bar for 10, we need to determine the proportion of the interval between 8 and 12 that corresponds to 2 units. This can be done by calculating the ratio of the difference between 8 and 10 to the total interval width of 4 units.
The difference between 8 and 10 is 2 units, and the total interval width is 4 units. Therefore, the ratio is 2/4 or 1/2.
To represent this ratio graphically, we draw a bar graph where the height of the bar for 10 is halfway between the height of the bars for 8 and 12.
So, the bar graph representing the number 10 on the given scale would have a bar height halfway between the bar heights representing 8 and 12.