100 surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directory

Question:

100 surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directory and frequency distribution of the number of letters in the English alphabet in the surnames was found as follows:

(i) Draw a histogram to depict the given information.
(ii) Write the class interval in which the maximum number of surnames lie.

 

Solution:

(i) Here the class intervals are of unequal size. So, we calculate the adjusted frequency using the formula, 

Adjusted freq $=\frac{\min \text { class size }}{\text { class size of this class }} \times$ freq

Class sizes are 

$4-1=3$

$6-4=2$

$8-6=2$

$12-8=4$

 

$20-12=8$

Minimum class size = 2

(ii) Maximum number of surnames lie in the interval 6-8. 

 

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