Question

the owner of a pick-your-own-bouquet flower farm recorded the number of flowers that customers picked yesterday.
picking flowers
(an image of a dot plot with categories 1,2,3,4,5 on the x - axis labeled flowers picked and xs representing the number of customers for each category: 5 xs for 1, 6 xs for 2, 2 xs for 3, 0 xs for 4, 8 xs for 5)
how many customers are there in all?
□ customers
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Explanation:

Step1: Count X's for 1 flower

There are 5 X's for 1 flower.

Step2: Count X's for 2 flowers

There are 6 X's for 2 flowers.

Step3: Count X's for 3 flowers

There are 2 X's for 3 flowers.

Step4: Count X's for 4 flowers

There are 0 X's for 4 flowers.

Step5: Count X's for 5 flowers

There are 8 X's for 5 flowers.

Step6: Sum all counts

Sum = 5 + 6 + 2 + 0 + 8 = 21.

Answer:

21