Question

The senior counselor is making a histogram of the yearly cost of tuition of 20 colleges. Tuition ranges from $5,000 to $51,000 a year. What would be best to count by, on the tuition axis? A) 1,000s B) 5,000s C) 10,000s D) 15,000s

Answer 1

B) 5,000s

Explanation:

Answer 2

It would be better to count by 5,000s on the tuition axis. This is because the range has a minimum of 5,000 and maximum of 51,000 which can be divided by 5. Changes in amount between each multiple of 5,000 can easily be understood.

In the histogram, the x-axis will be the names of the school and the y-axis will be its corresponding tuition for the year.