A survey of statistics students asked for their favorite ice cream. The results of the survey are provided in the table.

Identify the modal class from the distribution.

Favorite Ice Cream

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline Flavor & Frequency \\
\hline Vanilla & 24 \\
\hline Chocolate & 1 \\
\hline Strawberry & 7 \\
\hline \begin{tabular}{c}
Cookies N' \\
Cream
\end{tabular} & 13 \\
\hline \begin{tabular}{c}
Mint Chocolate \\
Chip
\end{tabular} & 11 \\
\hline \begin{tabular}{c}
Chocolate Chip \\
Cookie Dough
\end{tabular} & 3 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

A. Vanilla
B. Cookies N' Cream
C. Chocolate



Answer :

To identify the modal class from the given distribution of favorite ice cream flavors, we follow these steps:

1. List the flavors and their corresponding frequencies:
- Vanilla: 24
- Chocolate: 1
- Strawberry: 7
- Cookies N' Cream: 13
- Mint Chocolate Chip: 11
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough: 3

2. Determine which frequency is the highest in the distribution:
- Vanilla has the highest frequency with 24.

3. Identify the modal class:
- The modal class is the category with the highest frequency.

Given the information:
- The highest frequency is 24, which corresponds to the flavor Vanilla.

Thus, the modal class of the distribution is Vanilla with a frequency of 24.