The graph shows the number of people taking part in 4 kinds of sports in a particular region between 1985 and 2005.

The graph shows the number of people taking part in 4 kinds of sports in a particular region between 1985 and 2005.
The line graph illustrates the number of
people
who do basketball,
tennis
, badminton, and rugby in a specific site from 1985 to 2005.
Overall
,
it is clear that
the number of
people
doing soccer and
tennis
changed significantly
whereas
the other two sports stayed flat throughout the period. Looking at the graph more closely, one can see that
tennis
was the second most played sport by 150
people
in 1985 and
this
increased steadily by about 70
people
, ranking in first place in the final year of the given period.
In contrast
, rugby used to be the most popular sport in that place but
tennis
took place of it in 1995 and the number of
people
playing soccer showed a decreasing pattern, reaching the lowest among the four sports with badminton. Meanwhile, the trend of basketball and badminton remained relatively constant over the 20-year period, staying between 75 and 50
people
, respectively.
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