Mathematics

Mathematics

Problem

The temperatures (in ∘ ⁣^{\circ}\!C) recorded at noon for ten consecutive days were: 32, 34, 33, 32, 35, 32, 34, 33, 36, 34. Find the mode of these temperatures. a) 33∘C33^{\circ}\mathrm{C} b) 32∘C and 34∘C32^{\circ}\mathrm{C}\text{ and }34^{\circ}\mathrm{C} c) 36∘C36^{\circ}\mathrm{C} d) 34∘C34^{\circ}\mathrm{C}
Intuitive explanation

The mode is the value that appears most frequently in a dataset—it's the "most popular" temperature. Rather than computing an average or spread, you're simply counting how many times each temperature shows up and identifying the winner. Tally the occurrences of each unique value, then pick the one with the highest count.

Intuitive explanation

The mode is the value that appears most frequently in a dataset—it's the "most popular" temperature. Rather than computing an average or spread, you're simply counting how many times each temperature shows up and identifying the winner. Tally the occurrences of each unique value, then pick the one with the highest count.

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