Question

a doctors office has four doctors. this morning, 21 patients visited the office. each patient saw one of the four doctors. (a) the doctor each patient went to see appears below. (f = dr. foster, m = dr. mitchel, p = dr. phillips, t = dr. tran) complete the frequency distribution for the data. m t t f p m p f m t m t t m p t p m m f f (b) these doctors are affiliated with four major medical groups. but not every doctor is affiliated with every group. the table below shows the groups and the doctors affiliated with them. medical group doctor city med p bayside m and t plymouth f, m, and p coast f and t how many patients went to see a doctor affiliated with the bayside medical group?

Explanation:

Step1: Count frequency of each doctor in part (a)

Count the number of 'F's: 5. Count the number of 'M's: 8. Count the number of 'P's: 5. Count the number of 'T's: 3.

Step2: Find patients for Bayside group in part (b)

Doctors affiliated with Bayside are M and T. From part (a), number of patients who saw M is 8 and who saw T is 3. So total is 8 + 3 = 11.

Answer:

(a) F: 5, M: 8, P: 5, T: 3
(b) 11