Statistics And Probability Question 311
Question: A market with 3900 operating firms has the following distribution for firms arranged according to various income groups of workers
Income group | No. of firms |
---|---|
150-300 | 300 |
300-500 | 500 |
500-800 | 900 |
800-1200 | 1000 |
1200-1800 | 1200 |
If a histogram for the above distribution is constructed the highest bar in the histogram would correspond to the class [NDA Sept. 1998]
Options:
A) 500-800
B) 1200-1800
C) 800-1200
D) 150-300
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
Maximum number of firms is 1200 in the group of 1200-1800. Therefore, highest bar would correspond to 1200-1800 class.