The graph below shows the average monthly salary and the prices of black and white and colour TV in Japanese yen from 1953 to 1973. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
The line graph illustrates the wage of people in Japan
along with
the costs of black, white and colour
TVs
in Japanese yen
in the period between 1953 and 1973.
According to
the chart
we can notice that the salaries of people were steadily increasing during all period, Add a comma
,chart
while
TV prices significantly went down, even though in 1953's everything was vice versa
In 1953 there were no colour
TVs
, only black versions which cost way higher than the average salary (100 thousand yen
). In the next decade
people's wages started to rise from 20thousand Add a comma
,decade
yen
to more than 80, whereas
the TVs
cost decreased from 100 000 to 50 000 yen
. The invention of colour
TV happened in the '60s, with a high price for it (180 000), triple more than the monthly wage at that time. However
, the salary didn't stop rising, reaching the highest index in the '70s with 180 000 yen
. Meanwhile, the black and white TV prices are 6 times lower than it. The colour
TVs
also
rapidly declined in cost to 30 000yenSubmitted by telagisova.07 on
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