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FILE Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants established the single-season Major League Baseball home run record

by hitting 73 home runs during the 2001 season. Listed below is the sorted distance of each of the 73 home runs.

320 320 347 350 360 360 360 361 365 370

370 375 375

380 380 380 380 380

380 390 390

394

396 400 400 400 400

405 410 410

410 410 410 410 410 410

375 375

391

410

410 410 411 415 415 416 417 417 420 420

420 420 420 420 420 420 429 430 430 430

430 430 435 435 436 440 440 440 440 440

450 480 488

(a) For these data, show that seven classes would be used to create a frequency distribution using the 2k rule.

(b) Show that a class interval of 30 would summarize the data in seven classes.

(c) Construct frequency and relative frequency distributions for the data with seven classes and a class interval of 30.

Start the first class with a lower limit of 300.

(d) How many home runs traveled a distance of 360 up to 390 feet?

(e) What percentage of the home runs traveled a distance of 360 up to 390 feet?

(f) What percentage of the home runs traveled a distance of 390 feet or more?

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