When Buttercup and Wesley Were in the Fire Swamp, They

Essay

When Buttercup and Wesley were in the Fire Swamp, they were attacked by the largest mammals not yet known to modern science. How big were they, you ask? Fortunately, your brave instructor captured and weighed 40 of these Rodents of Unusual Size. Arrange the weights (kilograms) into an appropriate frequency distribution. Class intervals should begin with 93-97 and end with 38-42. Identify the skew, if any. Graph the distribution. (FYI: the largest recognized rodents, the South American capybara, weigh 40 kg. Beaver, the second largest, average 13 kg. Big male rats are about half a kilogram.) $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l } 51 & 72 & 68 & 54 & 62 & 49 & 95 & 46 & 85 & 76 \\65 & 59 & 60 & 51 & 53 & 50 & 39 & 56 & 81 & 59 \\44 & 59 & 49 & 70 & 89 & 78 & 38 & 60 & 48 & 44 \\51 & 52 & 55 & 44 & 61 & 50 & 97 & 43 & 54 & 57\end{array}$$