The line graph illustrates how many people attended 4 different types of sports – badminton,basketball,tennis, and rugby – in a particular area from 1985 to 2005.
Overall, it can be seen that rugby saw a significant decline in the number of participants, while tennis experienced an upward trend, overtaking the former from 1995. The trends for the other two remained relatively unchanged.
Looking into the details, in 1985, rugby had the highest number of players at just below 250. However, the trends fell moderately until 1995, and then followed by a steeper decrease to hit 50 at the end. Tennis was the second most popular sport type initially, starting at 150. In contrast, the figures grew gradually, outracing those of rugby and reached around 220 in 2005.
In terms of the least played sports, basketball and badminton, they started at around 80 and 60 players respectively. The trends leveled off over the given period despite slight fluctuation, with the latter being responsible the same number of players as rugby in the end.
