Elementary Statistics (12th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0321836960
ISBN 13: 978-0-32183-696-0

Chapter 2 - Summarizing and Graphing Data - 2-3 Histograms - Beyond the Basics - Page 60: 20

Answer

a)6 feet 1 inch b) The height of the bars represent the frequency.

Work Step by Step

a) The largest possible height is 73 inches, 1 feet is 12 inches, hence it is 6 feet 1 inch. b) The height of the bar indicates the frequency, the number of people with that height and not the people's height.
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