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Chapter 11: Q-19E (page 649)

Refer to Exercise 2.18 and calculate the number of the 600 items falling into each of the classes. Then graph a frequency histogram for these data.

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A histogram can be defined as a set of rectangles with bases along with the intervals between class boundaries.

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A histogram can be defined as a set of rectangles with bases and intervals between class boundaries. Each rectangle bar depicts some data, and all the rectangles are adjacent. The heights of rectangles are proportional to corresponding frequencies of similar as well as for different classes. Let's learn about histograms in more detail.

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