Suppose That a Data Set Has a Minimum Value of 18

question 13

Essay

Suppose that a data set has a minimum value of 18 and a maximum of 83 and that you want 5 classes. Explain how to find the class width for this frequency table. What happens if you mistakenly use a class width of 13 instead of 14?

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Definitions:

Supercontinent

A large landmass that includes more than one continental core, which in Earth's history has periodically merged and then broken apart.

Gondwana

Name given by geologists to the hypothetical combination of the southern continents into a single large supercontinent.

Tethys

Refers to an ancient ocean that existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia before the opening of the Indian and Atlantic oceans.

Magnetism

A physical property of materials that respond to the magnetic field, often resulting from the motion of electric charges.