Question

1. Travis is testing how far he can throw a baseball to prepare himself for the season. He makes 16

throws and records the length of each throw in feet. The results are provided in the accompanying table.
236 240 232 242 238 235 228 245
247 239 234 238 241 227 243 238
Travis says that the histogram provided below could be used to represent the data.
Show whether the histogram Travis created is correct and, if not, explain how the histogram could be corrected.

Answer 1

It is incorrect

Explanation:

225 - 229: 2, where as he shows none

230 - 234: 2, which he shows correctly

235 - 239: 6, which he shows incorrectly as 2

240 - 244: 4, which he shows incorrectly as 6

245 - 249: 2, which he shows incorrectly as 4

250 - 254: 0, which he shows incorrectly as 2