Question

a doctors office has five doctors.
this morning, 20 patients visited the office. each patient saw one of the five doctors.
(a) the doctor each patient went to see appears below.
(f = dr. foster, m = dr. mitchel, p = dr. philips, t = dr. tran, w = dr. washington)
complete the frequency distribution for the data

Explanation:

Step1: Count the number of times F appears

We look through the data set and count how many times the letter \( F\) (Dr. Foster) occurs. By going through each entry: \(F\) appears \(3\) times.

Step2: Count the number of times M appears

Count the occurrences of \(M\) (Dr. Mitchel). Looking at the data, \(M\) appears \(4\) times.

Step3: Count the number of times P appears

Count the number of \(P\)s (Dr. Philips). After checking each entry, \(P\) appears \(5\) times.

Step4: Count the number of times T appears

Count the \(T\)s (Dr. Tran). \(T\) appears \(3\) times.

Step5: Count the number of times W appears

Count the \(W\)s (Dr. Washington). \(W\) appears \(5\) times.

Answer:

Doctor	Frequency
\(M\)	\(4\)
\(P\)	\(5\)
\(T\)	\(3\)
\(W\)	\(5\)