Loose Leaf for Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics
17th Edition
ISBN: 9781260152647
Author: Douglas A. Lind
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 5E
Wellstone Inc. produces and markets replacement covers for cell phones in five different colors: bright white, metallic black, magnetic lime, tangerine orange, and fusion red. To estimate the demand for each color, the company set up a kiosk in the Mall of America for several hours and asked randomly selected people which cover color was their favorite. The results follow:
- a. What is the table called?
- b. Draw a bar chart for the table.
- c. Draw a pie chart.
- d. If Wellstone Inc. plans to produce 1 million cell phone covers, how many of each color should it produce?
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