Question

In a community, the types of pet adopted by the different number of people is plotted in the following graph.


Find the mode of the data set.

• A. Rabbit and fish.
• B. Dog, cat and hamster.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Rabbit and fish.

The given data set depicts the type of pet on the horizontal axis and the number of people who adopted the particular pets on the vertical axis



The mode of a data set represents the data point(s) having the maximum frequency.

From the graph, it is inferred that the maximum number of pets adopted is 40 and corresponds to both rabbit and fish.

$\therefore$ More number of rabbits and fishes are adopted in the community.

$\Rightarrow$ Modes of the data set are rabbit and fish.