Farming has changed from the early 1900s. In the early 20th century, machinery gradually

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Farming has changed from the early 1900s. In the early 20th century, machinery gradually replaced animal power. For example, in 1910 U.S. farms used 24.2 million horses and mules and only about 1,000 tractors. By 1960, 4.6 million tractors were used and only 3.2 million horses and mules. In 1920, there were over 6 million farms in the United States. Today there are fewer than 2 million. Listed below is the number of farms, in thousands, for each of the 50 states. Write a paragraph summarizing your findings

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QUESTION:

Farming has changed from the early 1900s. In the early 20th century, machinery gradually replaced animal power. For example, in 1910 U.S. farms used 24.2 million horses and mules and only about 1,000 tractors. By 1960, 4.6 million tractors were used and only 3.2 million horses and mules. In 1920, there were over 6 million farms in the United States. Today there are fewer than 2 million. Listed below is the number of farms, in thousands, for each of the 50 states. Write a paragraph summarizing your findings

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If  is the number of classes and  is the number of observations, then for class intervals, select the smallest  such that .

In this case, . If , then  which is less than . So,  will not work. If , then  which is greater than . So, number of classes will be 6 .

If  is the highest observed value and  is the lowest observed value, then for the class interval or class width , select  such that

Here,  and . So  must be selected such that

Since,  is close to 35 , class width  is rounded up to 35 .

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