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Chapter 2, Problem 4SR
The annual imports of a selected group of electronic suppliers are shown in the following frequency distribution.
- (a) Portray the imports as a histogram.
- (b) Portray the imports as a relative frequency
polygon . - (c) Summarize the important facets of the distribution (such as classes with the highest and lowest frequencies).
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