Question

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a teacher asked her students how many pets they own. here
are the results:
0,0,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,4,4,8
on a piece of paper, draw a dot plot to represent the data.
then determine which answer choice matches the dot plot
you drew.
a.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
b.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
c.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
d.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Explanation:

Step1: Count occurrences of each pet count

• For 0: occurs 2 times.
• For 1: occurs 4 times.
• For 2: occurs 3 times.
• For 3: occurs 1 time.
• For 4: occurs 2 times.
• For 8: occurs 1 time.
• 5,6,7: 0 times.

Step2: Match with dot plots

• Option A: Check dots per value. 0:3, 1:5, 2:3, 3:2, 4:2, 8:1. Incorrect.
• Option B: 0:3, 1:5, 2:3, 3:0, 4:2, 8:1. Incorrect (3 has 0, should be 1).
• Option C: 0:3, 1:5, 2:3, 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, 8:1. Incorrect (4 and 5 counts wrong).
• Option D: 0:2, 1:4, 2:3, 3:1, 4:2, 8:1. Matches our counts.

Answer:

D. The dot plot with 2 dots at 0, 4 dots at 1, 3 dots at 2, 1 dot at 3, 2 dots at 4, and 1 dot at 8.