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What is the overall profit (in crore Rs.) is earned by the company from 2013 to 2015 ?
200
100
150
50
None of the above
50
Calculate the difference between bars for each year directly: (2013: 450-400 = 50), (2014: 500-500 = 0), (2015: 450-450 = 0). Sum them up: 50 + 0 + 0 = 50.
Bar graph shows Income and Expenditure of a company from 2011-2016. Income is represented by dark bars and Expenditure by light bars (in crore Rs.).
Profit=тИСi=20132015тАЛ(IncomeiтАЛтИТExpenditureiтАЛ)
Calculate the difference between bars for each year directly: (2013: 450-400 = 50), (2014: 500-500 = 0), (2015: 450-450 = 0). Sum them up: 50 + 0 + 0 = 50.
Students often misread the values for specific years or mistakenly calculate total income and total expenditure separately before subtracting, which is prone to addition errors.
Analyze 2013 Data
From the bar graph, for the year 2013, Income = 450 crore and Expenditure = 400 crore. Profit is 450тИТ400=50.
Profit2013тАЛ=450тИТ400=50
Analyze 2014 Data
For the year 2014, Income = 500 crore and Expenditure = 500 crore. Profit is 500тИТ500=0.
Profit2014тАЛ=500тИТ500=0
Analyze 2015 Data
For the year 2015, Income = 450 crore and Expenditure = 450 crore. Profit is 450тИТ450=0.
Profit2015тАЛ=450тИТ450=0
Calculate Overall Profit
Summing the profits from 2013 to 2015: 50+0+0=50.
Total┬аProfit=50+0+0=50
D is correct because the sum of the differences between Income and Expenditure from 2013 to 2015 results in a total profit of 50 crore Rs.
In data interpretation, always verify if the bars are stacked or grouped to avoid misidentifying the data values.