Question

For what value of x the mode of the following data is 17. The frequency of x is maximum. 13,24,13,27,17,16,17,x,22,21,13,17 is 17

Answer 1

Answer:

17

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:  The mode of the data: 13,24,13,27,17,16,17,x,22,21,13,17

To find: The value of x.

Solution: As we know, mode of any data is the observation which occurs most.

In this case, 13 occurs three times which implies 13 is the mode.

But it is given that 17 is the mode of data.

In order for 17 to be mode it has to occur more than 3 times.

As 17 is already occurring 3 times, the possibility of it occurring more than 3 times is that x should be 17

⇒ x = 17