Question

The demand for different shirt sizes,as obtained in a survey,is given below:

$\begin{array}{ccccccccc}\text{Size}& 38& 39& 40& 41& 42& 43& 44& \text{Total}\\ \text{Number of persons (wearing it)}& 26& 39& 20& 15& 13& 7& 5& 125\end{array}$

Find the modal shirt sizes,as observed from the survey.

• A. 38
• B. 39
• C. 40
• D. 41

Answer 1

The correct option is B

39

$\begin{array}{ccccccccc}\text{Size}& 38& 39& 40& 41& 42& 43& 44& \text{Total}\\ \text{Number of persons (wearing it)}& 26& 39& 20& 15& 13& 7& 5& 125\end{array}$

From above data, we see that modal shirt size is 39 as it has the maximum frequency.