A Medical Research Team Studied the Ages of 34 Patients

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Essay

A medical research team studied the ages of 34 patients who had strokes caused by stress.
The frequency distribution below summarizes the results. When trying to understand the stroke data, what would be the advantage of looking at a histogram instead of this frequency distribution?
$$\begin{array} { c | c } \text { Age } & \text { Frequency } \\\hline 25 - 29 & 3 \\30 - 34 & 3 \\35 - 39 & 6 \\40 - 44 & 4 \\45 - 49 & 5 \\50 - 54 & 3 \\55 - 59 & 5 \\60 - 64 & 5\end{array}$$

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