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A dentist selected 16 patients at random from a population of more than 1000 patients and asked them how many times the patient flosses per week. The dentist made a line plot of the results.

What is the estimated mode of the number of times all patients floss per week?

A. 5
B. 5.5
C. 6
D. 7

A dentist selected 16 patients at random from a population of more than 1000 patients-example-1
User HW Siew
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Your answer would be D, 7.

Reasoning: To find your mode all you have to do is look for the number that has the most amount of marks or is repeated the most.

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User Samuel Gruetter
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Well, mode is the number that occurs most, so the answer would be 7, since that is the most appearing number.
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