Question

1. an animal shelter volunteer counted the number and the type of animals currently at the shelter. she uses the following notation to record the data: d (dogs), c (cats), h (hamsters), g (guinea pigs), and r (rabbits). below is the data she recorded. what is the mode of the data set? mode of the data set = or

Explanation:

Step1: Count the frequency of each letter

Count how many times each letter (D, C, R, H, G) appears in the data set.

Step2: Determine the mode

The mode is the value that appears most frequently.

Let's count:

• D: 6 times
• C: 4 times
• R: 4 times
• H: 6 times
• G: 2 times

Answer:

D, H