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The shirt sizes worn by a group of 200 persons, who bought the shirt from a store, are as follows:
| Shirt size: | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 |
| Number of persons: | 15 | 25 | 39 | 41 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 12 |
Find the model shirt size worn by the group.
Solution
| Shirt size: | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 |
| Number of persons: | 15 | 25 | 39 | 41 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 12 |
Model shirt size = 40 because it occurs maximum number of times
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