Mathematical Statistics with Applications
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780495110811
Author: Dennis Wackerly, William Mendenhall, Richard L. Scheaffer
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1.2, Problem 6E
The relative frequency histogram given next was constructed from data obtained from a random sample of 25 families. Each was asked the number of quarts of milk that had been purchased the previous week.
- a Use this relative frequency histogram to determine the number of quarts of milk purchased by the largest proportion of the 25 families. The category associated with the largest relative frequency is called the modal category.
- b What proportion of the 25 families purchased more than 2 quarts of milk?
- c What proportion purchased more than 0 but fewer than 5 quarts?
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