Questions: (a) What is the class width?
3
(b) One class is the least frequent. How many countries are in this class?
3
(c) How many countries won 11 or more gold medals?
8
Transcript text: (a) What is the class width?
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(b) One class is the least frequent. How many countries are in this class?
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3
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(c) How many countries won 11 or more gold medals?
8
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Find the class width
The class width is the difference between the upper and lower bounds of any class. For example, the first class is 3 to 6, so the class width is \(6 - 3 = 3\).
Step 2: Find the least frequent class
The height of each bar represents the number of countries in that class. The shortest bar is the last one, representing countries that won 15 to 18 gold medals. The height of this bar is 3.
Step 3: Find the number of countries that won 11 or more gold medals
The number of countries that won 11 to 14 gold medals is 5 (height of the third bar).
The number of countries that won 15 to 18 gold medals is 3 (height of the fourth bar).
The total number of countries that won 11 or more gold medals is \(5 + 3 = 8\).