To find the mode of the life spans of the farm animals, we look for the lifespan that appears most frequently in the provided data.
Here are the life spans of the farm animals:
- Chicken: 7 years
- Duck: 10 years
- Horse: 22 years
- Pig: 10 years
- Sheep: 12 years
- Cow: 10 years
- Goat: 12 years
Now, let's tally the occurrences of each lifespan:
- 7 years: 1 occurrence
- 10 years: 3 occurrences (Duck, Pig, Cow)
- 12 years: 2 occurrences (Sheep, Goat)
- 22 years: 1 occurrence
The lifespan that occurs the most frequently is 10 years, which appears 3 times.
Therefore, the mode of the life spans of the farm animals is 10 years.
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