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Question
Is it correct to say that in a histogram, the area of each rectangle is proportional to the class size of the corresponding class interval? If not, correct the statement.
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Solution
As we know that in a histogram, the area of each rectangle is proportional to the corresponding frequency of its class.
Hence, the given statement is not correct.
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