A dentist selected 16 patients at random from a population of more than 1000 patients and asked them how many times the patient flosses per week. The dentist made a line plot of the results.

What is the estimated mode of the number of times all patients floss per week?

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A dentist selected 16 patients at random from a population of more than 1000 patients and asked them how many times the patient flosses per week. The dentist made a line plot of the results.
 
What is the estimated mode of the number of times all patients floss per week?

anonymous · Answer

A.
5
 
 B.
5.5
 
 C.
6
 
 D.
7

anonymous · Answer

So we have 7 five times , 6 three times, 5 four times and 1 once and   2 one time we don't need the zeros

anonymous · Answer

7 *5 = 35
6*3= 18
5*4= 20 
2*1= 2 
1*1=1 If u add all it will be 76 then divide by 16

anonymous · Answer

What is 76 divided by 16?

anonymous · Answer

4.75

anonymous · Answer

Hold on I thnk I typed that out wrong but the answer is 7

anonymous · Answer

Okey...Thank you C:

anonymous · Answer

ok the mode is the most so basically the one with the most x's on the plot should be your answer i just tried to do it mathematically and that didnt work out so XD but 7 is your answer