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Hypograph (mathematics)

Hello there!

Do you know what a graph is? It's a picture that shows a relationship between two things. For example, if we want to see how much money we have saved every week, we can draw a graph with one side showing the weeks, and the other side showing the money we have saved.

Now, imagine we have a graph that shows how fast a car is going on a trip. The higher up on the graph the line goes, the faster the car is going. But what if we wanted to know something else about the trip, like how long the car was going at a certain speed?

That's where a hypograph comes in. A hypograph is like a graph, but instead of showing one thing on each side, it shows two things on one side. For example, on the side of the graph that shows our car's speed, we can also show how long the car was going that speed.

This helps us get a better idea of the trip, because we can see not only how fast the car was going, but also for how long.

So, a hypograph is a picture that shows two things on one side of a graph, helping us understand different relationships between those two things.

I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.
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