Question

1. an animal shelter volunteer counted the number and the type of animals currently at the shelter. she uses the following notation to record the data: d (dogs), c (cats), h (hamsters), g (guinea pigs), and r (rabbits). below is the data she recorded. what is the mode of the data set? r h d d c r d r h h d c c r h g d h g c animals in a shelter animal frequency dogs cats hamsters guinea pigs rabbits

Explanation:

Step1: Count dog frequency

Count the number of 'D's. There are 6 'D's.

Step2: Count cat frequency

Count the number of 'C's. There are 4 'C's.

Step3: Count hamster frequency

Count the number of 'H's. There are 5 'H's.

Step4: Count guinea - pig frequency

Count the number of 'G's. There are 2 'G's.

Step5: Count rabbit frequency

Count the number of 'R's. There are 4 'R's.

Step6: Determine the mode

The mode is the value that appears most frequently. Since 6 (frequency of dogs) is the highest frequency, the mode is dogs.

Answer:

Dogs