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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 given line graph illustrates the changes in the cost of black and white, and coloured TV 
over a period of two decades, starting in 1953. A cursory glance at the line graph is enough 
to make it clear that the TV prices showed a downward trend, whereas average monthly 
salary showed an upward trend in the given time period. 
In 1953, the price of black and white TV stood at 100,000 yen. The price dropped significantly 
to just half (50,000 yen) by 1963, after which there was a moderate decline in price and it 
reached approximately 30,000 yen by 1973. Colour TV appeared in the market in the late 
1950s, with a cost of about 180,000 yen, but in the next four to five years the cost fell 
dramatically to about 110,000 yen. After that, there was a steady decline and the price 
reached 80,000 yen by 1973. 
Average monthly salary was a meager 30,000 yen in 1953, but rose considerably and reached 
110,000 yen by 1968, after which there was a steep escalation and it reached about 180,000 
yen by 1973. 
Overall, it is clear that comparing the salary with the cost of TVs, even a black and white TV 
was a luxury for the common man in 1953. However, after two decades, even the colour TV 
could be bought within one month’s salary.
 
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