legend
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What part of a graph tells what the bars or lines represet
a bar graph
The Key?
legend
The axis labels.
There are various different ways to graph information, but the part that tells you what the bars or lines represent is called a label. A label might appear next to a line, or a bar, or it might only appear on the x axis and the y axis.
legend
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What part of a graph tells what the bars or lines represet
The legend of a graph typically explains what each bar or line represents. The legend is usually located either above, below, or to the side of the graph. It uses colors, symbols, or patterns to match each element to its corresponding label.
a bar graph
Typically, climate graphs use blue bars to represent precipitation, red bars to represent temperature, and black lines to represent average temperature.
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I use a bar graph to represent my favorite pies, and a pie graph to represent my favorite bars.
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