Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Continuous random variables

Continuous random variables — practice question

For each of the 55 students, the distance from home to college, rounded to the nearest kilometre, was noted. These distances are presented in the table below. Dominic is required to draw a histogram to show the data. Dominic’s diagram appears below.
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Give two reasons why this is not a correct histogram.

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This 2-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Correct reason that the bars in the histogram are separated instead of touching, for example no gaps, class boundaries, grouped data not continuous

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