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dy is being conducted on air quality at a small college in the South. As part of

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Question

dy is being conducted on air quality at a small college in the South. As part of this study, monitors were posted at eveny entrance to this college from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on a randomly chosen day. The monitors recorded the mode of transportation used by each person as they entered the campus. Based on the information recorded, the following bar graph was constructed: 0.6 0.5 0.1 Car (driver) Bike Cer (passenger) Bus Sk Mode of transportation Approximately what percentage of people entering campus on this particular day arrived by car?

Explanation / Answer

A given graph is a relative frequency graph

In this Y axes shows the % of given variable.

It is a relative frequency distribution for two reasons:
It’s labeled as relative frequency (which all good charts should be!).
The vertical axis has percentages (as decimals, .1, .2, 3 …)instead of counts (1, 2, 3…).

* Ans: Approximately 51% person enters in the campus on that particular day arrived by car