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The shoppers who come to a departmental store are marked as: man (M), woman (W), boy (B) or girl (G). The following list gives the shoppers who came during the first hour in the morning
W W W G B W W M G G M M W W W W G B M W B G G M W W M M W W W M W B W G M W W W W G W M M W W M W G W M G W M M B G G W
Make a frequency distribution table using tally marks. Draw a bar graph to illustrate it.
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Solution
By observing the data given above, we can make a frequency distribution table as follows.
| Shopper | Tally marks | Number |
| W | ![]() |
28 |
| M | ![]() |
15 |
| B | ![]() |
5 |
| G | ![]() |
12 |
The bar graph of this data can be drawn as follows.

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