The senior counselor is making a histogram of the yearly cost of tuition of 20 colleges. tuition ranges from $5,000 to $51,000 a year. what would be best to count by, on the tuition axis?
a.1,000s
b.5,000s
c.10,000s
d.15,000s
Since there are 20 colleges, it is most likely that the range of the tuition fees is widely distributed between $5000 and $51,000. It is then reasonable to have the best count of tuition axis by $5,000. Thus, the answer to this item is letter B.
