Sam is making a histogram of the height in inches of all 250 students in his grade. The shortest person is 48 inches and the tallest is 60 inches. What intervals should he use for the x-axis?
A) 2
B) 5
C) 8
D) 12

Question

Sam is making a histogram of the height in inches of all 250 students in his grade. The shortest person is 48 inches and the tallest is 60 inches. What intervals should he use for the x-axis?
	A) 	2 	
	B) 	5 	
	C) 	8 	
	D) 	12

studygurl14 · Answer

12 is way to big, as that is the entire range. 8 is still too big, A makes the most sense

vrajrpatel · Answer

whats the answer

mrnood · Answer

a histogram needs a number of columns to have any sensible meaning

the total range of the data is 12 inches  so if he chose 12 then ALL the data would be in 1 column

How many columns would there be for 8, 5 and 2 interval?

which would make the best histogram?

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