Question

ariana is looking over the gas receipts for her company car. the last 8 times she purchased gas, the purchase amounts were: $47.00 $51.00 $47.00 $37.00 $47.00 $44.00 $40.00 $36.00 what was the mode of the amounts spent on gas? $

Explanation:

Step1: Recall the definition of mode

The mode of a set of data is the value that appears most frequently.

Step2: Count the frequency of each amount

• $47.00$: Let's count how many times it appears. Looking at the data: $\$47.00$, $\$51.00$, $\$47.00$, $\$37.00$, $\$47.00$, $\$44.00$, $\$40.00$, $\$36.00$. So $47.00$ appears 3 times.
• $51.00$: appears 1 time.
• $37.00$: appears 1 time.
• $44.00$: appears 1 time.
• $40.00$: appears 1 time.
• $36.00$: appears 1 time.

Since $47.00$ has the highest frequency (3 times) among all the amounts, it is the mode.

Answer:

$\$47.00$