Question

Jacob has 12 candles. He uses paper clips to measure their lengths and records the data as shown in the given table. Which of the following dot plots represents the data in the table. What is the most common length of the candles?

T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	T8	T9	T10	T11	T12
12	11	13	14	15	12	13	12	16	16	12	11

• A. Most common length of the candles = 16 paper clips
  
• B. Most common length of the candles = 13 paper clips
  
• C. Most common length of the candles = 11 paper clips
  
• D. Most common length of the candles = 12 paper clips
  

Answer 1

The correct option is D Most common length of the candles = 12 paper clips


Solution:
Measurements of the candles:
11 paper clips long: T2 and T12
12 paper clips long: T1, T6, T8, and T11
13 paper clips long: T3 and T7
14 paper clips long: T4
15 paper clips long: T5
16 paper clips long: T9 and T10

The line plot that represents the given data is
The most common length of the candles is 12 paper clips.