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A frequency distribution for the ages of randomly selected 27 students taking a statistics course in...

A frequency distribution for the ages of randomly selected 27 students taking a statistics course in a college is given below. a. Make a relative frequency histogram for the data. Label axes and units. b. What is the shape of the distribution? c. Compute the sample mean d. Use information from (c) to fill in the blanks in the following statement: In the sample of 27 students taking statistics, the average age of a student is about _______.

Age Frequency

18 4

19 5

20 7  

21 3

22 4

23 2

24 0

25 1

26 1

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