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You make a bar graph with the following data. What do you plot on the x-axis?Month Average Average2012 Temperature Precipitation(°F)(in)Jan 39.12.2Feb 41.62.6Mar 56.35.8Apr 56.02.4May 67.82.4Jun 70.81.7Jul 79.42.7Aug 74.92.7Sep 67.12.4Oct 56.31.7Nov 43.10.6Dec 43.12.7Climate Data for Lynchburg, Virginia, 2012

You make a bar graph with the following data. What do you plot on the x-axis?Month-example-1
User Yash Choksi
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The data or information that should be plotted on the x-axis of a bar graph is the month.

In Mathematics and Euclidean Geometry, a bar graph is a type of graph that is used for the graphical representation of a data set, especially through the use of rectangular bars and vertical columns.

In Mathematics, an independent variable is a type of variable that does not depend on any other variable for its value.

Based on the table of values, we can reasonably infer and logically deduce that the month is an independent variable, and it should be plotted on the x-axis of the bar graph while the Average Average (°F) or Temperature Precipitation (in) should be plotted on the y-axis of a bar graph.

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On a bar graph (vertical bar graph), the x-axis represents the categories of data while the y-axis represents the scale given.

So, from the information given here the x-axis will be the months of the year given.

The x-axis will be the horizontal side of the graph with:

January

February

March

April

May

June

JUly

August

September

October

November

December

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