Question 14 Marks
The following chart gives the growth in height in terms of percentage of full height of boys and girls with their respective ages.
Draw the line graph of above data on the same sheet and answer the following questions.
$a.$ In which year both the boys and the girls achieve their maximum height?
$b.$ Who grows faster at puberty $(14$ years to $16$ years of age$)?$
| Age $($in years$)$ | $8$ | $9$ | $10$ | $11$ | $12$ | $13$ | $14$ | $15$ | $16$ | $17$ | $18$ |
| Boys | $72\%$ | $75\%$ | $78\%$ | $81\%$ | $84\%$ | $88\%$ | $92\%$ | $95\%$ | $98\%$ | $99\%$ | $100\%$ |
| Girls | $77\%$ | $81\%$ | $84\%$ | $88\%$ | $91\%$ | $95\%$ | $98\%$ | $99\%$ | $99.5\%$ | $100\%$ | $100\%$ |
$a.$ In which year both the boys and the girls achieve their maximum height?
$b.$ Who grows faster at puberty $(14$ years to $16$ years of age$)?$
Answer
$a.$ In $18 yr,$ the boys and in $17 yr,$ the girls achieve their maximum height.
$b.$ Boys grows faster the girls during puberty.
View full question & answer→$a.$ In $18 yr,$ the boys and in $17 yr,$ the girls achieve their maximum height.
$b.$ Boys grows faster the girls during puberty.