Question

An office manager used a histogram to represent the miles per week the staff drives to work. She wants to be able to compare the different time intervals that people spend driving and to determine if there is an opportunity for some office car pools. Why is a histogram the best choice for this situation?

(2 points)
Each
bar
of a histogram shows the
number
of people in the interval, so the office manager can identify the
median
frequencies to identify a need for carpooling and how many employees should be invited to a meeting.

Answer 1

Each bar of a histogram shows the number of people in a particular mileage (or time) interval, so the manager can see which intervals have the largest counts (the modes) and thus identify where car‑pooling opportunities exist and how many employees fall into each interval.