Question

The following bar graph represents the type of pets adopted by different persons in a town.

Which pet represents the mode of the given data set?

• A. 40
• B. Dog
• C. Cat
• D. Both (b) and (c) above.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both (b) and (c) above.

Mode represents the most frequently occurring data.
The tabular format of the given bar graph is as follows: Type of Pets Frequency

Dog	40
Rabbit	20
Cat	40
Fish	20
Hamster	20

The most frequent types of pets are dogs and cats.

Hence, the modes of the given data set are dog and cat.
It is a bimodal data set.