Question

16. The histogram shows the number of books read by people participating in a local book club.

Which statement is best supported by this histogram?



A.
Six people read between 6 and 8 books.

B.
Three people read no books.

C.
Most people read 3 to 5 books.

D.
Six people read more than 2 books.

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Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

what are you thinking for this one?

Answer 3

Right... consider each statement and see if it's true or not.

Answer 4

Hmm maybe c

Answer 5

how many people read 3 to 5 books?

Answer 6

ohh no maybe D?

Answer 7

it sounds like you're just guessing?

Answer 8

how many people read 3 to 5 books?

Answer 9

2

Answer 10

yes

how many people are there total?

Answer 11

5?

Answer 12

add up the heights of the bars

Answer 13

5 is not correct

Answer 14

9

Answer 15

we have 2 people out of 9 total

saying `Most people read 3 to 5 books.` is false because 2/9 = 0.222 = 22.2% approx

I'd say that "most" means 50% or more

Answer 16

so hopefully you agree that choice C is false?

Answer 17

yes :)

Answer 18

Ohhhh, I went through all of them and I think I found the answer! Is it A?

Answer 19

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 20

no it's not A because the height of the `6 to 8` bar is 4 units. So there are 4 people who read 6 to 8 books

Answer 21

If the height of that bar was 6, then A would be correct

Answer 22

Oh

Answer 23

Then would it be B?

Answer 24

Why do you think it would be B @kimie ? Make sure to look at the numbers below each of the bars closely....

Answer 25

@kimie The answer isn't B either. The histogram tells us that three people read between 0 and 2 books. Now, all of these people may well have read no books, but we can't definitively tell that from the histogram. So, what must the answer be?