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Jhonny makes a list to show what states his relatives live in. He describes the distribution of the data using the mode. What is the mode of the data?

Texas, Texas, California, Florida, New York, Ohio, Texas, California, Texas, Illinois, Louisiana, Florida, Florida

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Florida
Florida

Louisiana
Louisiana

Texas
Texas

California

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The mode of a set of data is the value that appears most frequently. In Jhonny's list, we can count the occurrences of each state:

  • Texas: 4 occurrences
  • California: 2 occurrences
  • Florida: 3 occurrences
  • New York: 1 occurrence
  • Ohio: 1 occurrence
  • Illinois: 1 occurrence
  • Louisiana: 1 occurrence

From this count, Texas appears the most frequently with 4 occurrences. Therefore, the mode of the data is:

Texas