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5  The makes of cars in a supermarket car park were noted one day as:
                    Ford, Peugeot, Nissan, Honda, Ford, Nissan, Peugeot, Ford, Peugeot, Nissan,
                    Ford,
                    Toyota, Honda, Honda, Peugeot, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Honda, Peugeot, Toyota,
                    Toyota,

                    Toyota, Nissan, Toyota.

                    What is the problem with finding the modal make of car in this car park at this time?


               6  Here is a large set of data.
                    5 7 1 3 7 8 7 9 2 3 1 6 1 3 5 6 4 2 7 8 9 2 9 4 5 1 4 6 8 3 9 3 2 2 4 5 7
                    5 8 7 3 7 8 2 3 5 6 6 3 4 3 1 2 3 5 6 5 4 4

                    a  Explain a method for finding the mode efficiently and accurately.

























































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