Applied Mathematics · Ch 10 — Descriptive Statistics
Line Graph
10.4.3
Line Graph
A line graph is the natural choice when you want to see how a quantity changes over time — think temperature across a day or sales over months. Instead of isolated bars or slices, it connects successive data points with straight line segments, making trends, rises, and falls immediately visible. The horizontal axis (-axis) usually carries the time intervals, while the vertical axis (-axis) shows the measured value. This simple visual lets y …