Question

"The monthly precipitation (in inches) for Charleston, SC

is: {2.94, 2.60, 3.30, 2.53, 2.16, 4.65, 5.40, 6.71, 5.76, 3.67, 2.19, 2.60}"
1. What is the mode? The mode is

Answer 1

Mode = 2.60

Explanation:

In statistics, mode means the number that occurs the most number of times.

Let's see the set of numbers:

{2.94, 2.60, 3.30, 2.53, 2.16, 4.65, 5.40, 6.71, 5.76, 3.67, 2.19, 2.60}

There are 12 numbers here. Which number occurs more often? Most?

Looking at the list carefully, we see that 2.60 occurs twice and all other numbers occur single time. Hence the mode = 2.60