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Question
Mode of the data 15, 14, 19, 20, 14, 15, 16, 14, 15, 18, 14, 19, 15, 17, 15 is ______.
Options
14
15
16
17
Solution
Mode of the data 15, 14, 19, 20, 14, 15, 16, 14, 15, 18, 14, 19, 15, 17, 15 is 15.
Explanation:
We first arrange the given data in ascending order as follows:
14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 19, 20
From above, we see that 15 occurs most frequently i.e., 5 times.
Hence, the mode of the given data is 15.
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