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Following pictograph represents some surnames of people listed inthe telephone directory of a city

Surname Number of People             = 100 people
Khan
Patel
Rao
Roy

Saikia
Singh

 

Observe the pictograph and answer the following questions:

(a)    How many people have surname ‘Roy’?

(b)    Which surname appears the maximum number of times in thetelephone directory?

(c)    Which surname appears the least number of times in thedirectory?

(d)Which two surnames appear an equal number of times?

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\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \text { Surname } & \text { Number of people } \\ \hline \text { Khan } & 3 \times 100+50=350 \\ \hline \text { Patel } & 5 \times 100=500 \\ \hline \text { Rao } & 4 \times 100=400 \\ \hline \text { Roy } & 4 \times 100=400 \\ \hline \text { Saikia } & 2 \times 100=200 \\ \hline \text { Singh } & 3 \times 100=300 \\ \hline \end{array}

(a) 400 people have surname ‘Roy’.
(b) The surname ‘Patel’ appears the maximum number of times in the telephone directory.
(c) The surname ‘Saikia’ appears the least number of times in the telephone directory.
(d) The surnames ‘Rao’ and ‘Roy’ appear an equal number of times.

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Ravindra Pindel

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