The following table shows the sales of a commodity during the years 2000 to 2006.


Years



2000



2001



2002



2003



2004



2005



2006



Sales


(in lakhs of Rs.)



1.5



1.8



2.4



3.2



5.4



7.8



8.6



Draw a graph of this information.

Here, we take year on the x-axis and sales on the y-axis.
Let us choose the following scale:
On x-axis: 1 cm = 1 year
On y-axis: 1 cm = 1 lakh rupees


Now, let us plot (2000, 1.5), (2001, 1.8), (2002, 2.4), (2003, 3.2), (2004, 5.4), (2005, 7.8) and (2006, 8.6). These points are joined to get the graph representing the given information as shown in the figure below


Scale:


On x axis: 1cm = 1 year


On y-axis: 1 cm = 1 lakh rupees



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