In a study of number of accidents per day, the observations for 30 days were obtained as follows:

6, 3, 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5, 4, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 0, 5, 4, 6, 1, 6, 0, 5, 3, 6, 1, 5, 5, 2, 6.

Find the mode of the given data.

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answer is B.

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A study on number of accidents per day was made for 30 days and the following data was obtained: 6, 3, 5, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5, 4, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 0, 5, 4, 6, 1, 6, 0, 5, 3, 6, 1, 5, 5, 2, 6.
We need to find the mode of the given data.
We can arrange the given data in ascending order as follows:
0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6.
Frequency distribution table can be made as below:
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From the frequency distribution table, it is clear that the maximum number of accidents happening per day is 6.
Thus, the mode of the given data is 6.
Hence, the correct option is 2.

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