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Question
The following is the data of wages per day : 5, 4, 7, 5, 8, 8, 8, 5, 7, 9, 5, 7, 9, 10, 8
The mode of the data is
Options
7
5
8
10
MCQ
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Solution
The given data is 5, 4, 7, 5, 8, 8, 8, 5, 7, 9, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 8.
Make the following frequency table.
| value | Tallybars | Frequency |
| 4 | l | 1 |
| 5 | llll | 4 |
| 7 | lll | 3 |
| 8 | llll | 4 |
| 9 | ll | 2 |
| 10 | l | 1 |
Since the values 5 and 8 occurs in the data maximum number of times, that is, 4. Hence, the modal value is 5 and 8. In this case the mode is not unique.
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