Question

Emily is making a histogram for the data 12 24 56 7 34 75 34 86 34 78 and 96, which is the most appropriate first interval?

A. 0-5

B. 0-10

C. 0-50

D. 0-100

Answer 1

Option B. is correct

Explanation:

Given:

Data: 12 24 56 7 34 75 34 86 34 78 and 96

To find: the most appropriate first interval

Solution:

A histogram is a pictorial representation to display frequency data using rectangular bars.

In histogram, each bar is for a range of data.

For the given data, options A. is not appropriate as the least value given in the data is 7.

Option C. is not appropriate as then the data falls under just two intervals only.

Option D. is not appropriate as then the data falls under just one interval only.

Option B. is the most appropriate first interval