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(c) These points do not lie in a straight line.
(b) The patient’s temperature was 38.5 C at 12 noon.
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(c) The patient’s temperature was same at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
(d) The temperature at 1.30 p.m. is 36.5 C. The point between 1 p.m. and
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2 p.m., axis is equidistant from the two points showing 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.
So, it represents 01.30 p.m. Similarly, the point on axis, between 36 C
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and 37 C will represent 36.5 C.
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(e) The patient’s temperature showed an upward trend from 9 a.m. to 11
a.m., 11 a. m. to 12 noon and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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