<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="background-color:white"><strong><span style="color:black">Bar graphs</span></strong><span style="color:black">&nbsp;consist of bars that are separated from each other. The bars can be rectangles or they can be rectangular boxes (used in three-dimensional plots), and they can be vertical or horizontal. The&nbsp;<strong>bar graph</strong>&nbsp;shown in&nbsp;<a href="https://openstax.org/books/introductory-business-statistics/pages/2-1-display-data#example5" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:black">Example 2.5</span></a>&nbsp;has age groups represented on the&nbsp;<em><strong>x</strong></em><strong>-axis</strong>&nbsp;and proportions on the&nbsp;<em><strong>y</strong></em><strong>-axis</strong>.</span></span></span></p>