Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Graph

What is a graph?
Why are graphs necessary?
Give examples in real life where graphs are critical.
How are graphs used in these examples?

9 comments:

  1. so what you really think is a graph? well i think a Graph is a diagram that shows relationships between numbers. Graphs arrange numerical information into a picture from which it is often possible to see overall patterns or trends in the information.

    a graph can illustrates a sales trend. It can also shows the number of glasses of lemonade sold each day for a week. To find the number of glasses sold on day 3, first locate the number 3 on the horizontal axis and then find the point directly above it. The position of this point corresponding to the vertical axis is 10, meaning that 10 glasses were sold on day 3. On day 1, the number of glasses sold is hard to determine precisely, but is somewhere between 15 and 20. Though a graph like this graph, like most graphs, is not as accurate as a list of numbers, it more clearly illustrates the overall trend that lemonade sells better toward the end of the week (days 6 and 7) than in the middle of the week.

    A graph can also illustrates numerical relationships. Suppose it is known that Yolanda is four years older than Xavier. Using y for Yolanda's age and x for Xavier's age, this relationship can be written as y = x + 4. Since 5 = 1 + 4, one possible pair of values for x and y is x = 1 and y = 5, which can be written briefly as (1,5). The set of all the pairs (x,y) for which y = x + 4 can be represented by a straight line.

    Graphs can be used to solve equations simultaneously. Suppose that in addition to knowing that Yolanda is four years older than Xavier, it is also known that Yolanda is three times Xavier's age. The problem, then, is to find values for x and y that make the equations y = x + 4 and y = 3x both true at the same time. These two equations are plotted together; the solution of these simultaneous equations is the point at which the two graphs intersect (2,6), which shows that Xavier is two years old and Yolanda is six years old. that's just a brief expalation with an example......

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  2. you can see from above that a graph is used to show sales trends for lemonade sold also for the daily amount sold.this is just a simple example for a graph used in real life showing profits and losses of a lemonade stall.

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  3. A graph may be understood as a chart of data;
    A visual representation of the relationships between certain quatities plotted to reference to a set of axes.

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  4. Graphs are necessary to show information such as statistical information.

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  5. Graphs are critical in observing the progress of a patient's heartbeat when in critical condition.

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  6. Graphs are used in this example by computer technology.

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  7. A graph is a representation of data in the form of a chart to show how two or more set of measurements are related to each other.

    Graphs are necessary, for trends in data to be easily identifiable.

    Types of graphs
    . . . a Line graph.

    Line graphs are used to track changes over short and long periods of time. When smaller changes exist, line graphs are better to use than bar graphs. Line graphs can also be sued to compare changes over the same period of time for more than one group.

    . . . a Pie Chart.

    Pie charts are best to use when you are trying to compare parts of a whole. They do not show changes over time.

    . . . a Bar Graph.

    Bar graphs are used to compare things between different groups or to track changes over time. However, when trying to measure change over time, bar graphs are best when the changes are larger.

    . . . an Area Graph.

    Area graphs are very similar to line graphs. They can be used to track changes over time for one or more groups. Area graphs are good to use when you are tracking the changes in two or more related groups that make up one whole category (for example public and private groups).

    . . . an X-Y Plot.

    X-Y plots are used to determine relationships between the two different things. The x-axis is used to measure one event (or variable) and the y-axis is used to measure the other. If both variables increase at the same time, they have a positive relationship. If one variable decreases while the other increases, they have a negative relationship. Sometimes the variables don't follow any pattern and have no relationship.

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