Question

The following data shows wind speed in a city, in miles per hour, on consecutive days of a month, create a dot plot of the data: 9.4, 9.2, 9.7, 9.8, 9.4, 9.7, 9.6, 9.8, 9.2, 9.8, 9.4. How many days display a speed of 9.6 or less miles per hour?

a) 5 days
b) 6 days
c) 7 days
d) 8 days

Answer 1

To create a dot plot of the data, you would use a number line and place a dot above each value of the data. There are 5 days that display a speed of 9.6 or less miles per hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

To create a dot plot of the data, you would use a number line and place a dot above each value of the data. Here is the dot plot for the given data:

• 9.2 9.2
• 9.4 9.4 9.4
• 9.6
• 9.7 9.7
• 9.8 9.8 9.8

From the dot plot, we can see that there are 5 days that display a speed of 9.6 or less miles per hour.