During the First Six Months of the American Civil War

question 9

Short Answer

During the first six months of the American Civil War, armies were amassed as neverbefore in history. Large groups of men, transported far from home, lived inconditions that bred sickness. In a recent study involving Confederate muster rolls, aresearcher constructed a cumulative relative frequency distribution of the percentagesof Confederate soldiers reported sick for each company. A "Company" is a unit ofsoldiers, usually between about 70 and 120 in size. The cumulative relativefrequency distribution for October, 1861, is shown below. (a) Approximately what proportion of the Confederate companies had less than 10%sick?
(b) Approximately w hat proportion of the Confederate companies had more than 30%sick?
(c) Approximately 50% of the companies had less than what percentage of soldierssick?

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