Chapter 11, Problem 1RE

A sporting goods store kept a record of sales of five items for one randomly selected hour during a recent sale. Construct a frequency distribution for the data (B = baseballs. G = golf balls, T= tennis balls, S = soccer balls, F = footballs).

F    B    B    B    G    T    F    G    G    F    S    G    T    F    T    T    T    S    T    F    S    S    G    S    B

To determine

To construct: The frequency distribution for the given data.

Answer to Problem 1RE

The frequency distribution is given below in Table 1.

Item	Tally	Frequency
B	$\left|\right|\left|\right|$	4
F	$\cancel{\left|\right|\left|\right|}$	5
G	$\cancel{\left|\right|\left|\right|}$	5
S	$\cancel{\left|\right|\left|\right|}$	5
T	$\cancel{\left|\right|\left|\right|}|$	6
Total		25

Table 1

Explanation of Solution

The total number of sold items is 25.

Analyse the given data and obtain the below observations.

Four basket balls, five footballs, Five golf balls, Five soccer balls and Six tennis balls are sold.

Tabulate the above observations and obtain the below frequency distribution Table 1.

Item	Tally	Frequency
B	$\left|\right|\left|\right|$	4
F	$\cancel{\left|\right|\left|\right|}$	5
G	$\cancel{\left|\right|\left|\right|}$	5
S	$\cancel{\left|\right|\left|\right|}$	5
T	$\cancel{\left|\right|\left|\right|}|$	6
Total		25

Table 1

From Table 1, notice that the highest frequency sold item is tennis ball.