Question

some authors wrote stories for a book of short stories.
writing stories
(here is a dot plot with stories written on the x - axis from 1 to 6 and writing stories as the title. the number of xs above each number: above 1 there are 9 xs, above 2 there are 6 xs, above 3 there are 10 xs, above 4 there are 2 xs, above 5 there are 8 xs, above 6 there are 3 xs)
how many authors are there in all?
authors

Explanation:

Step1: Count authors per story count

• 1 story: 9 authors
• 2 stories: 7 authors
• 3 stories: 10 authors
• 4 stories: 2 authors
• 5 stories: 8 authors
• 6 stories: 3 authors

Step2: Sum all author counts

$9 + 7 + 10 + 2 + 8 + 3$

Step3: Calculate total

$9+7=16$; $16+10=26$; $26+2=28$; $28+8=36$; $36+3=39$

Answer:

39 authors