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by cris » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:00 pm
If asked what is the mode of this set:

(0,0,1,1,2,2) - Its has NO Mode or its Mode is: 0,1,2???

What do you think?...thanks is advance!
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:36 pm
That set has no mode.

For a set to have a mode (or modes), it must have at least one number that appears a different number of times from the other numbers.

So, while the set {0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3} would have the modes 0, 1 and 2, the set you posted has no mode at all.
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by cris » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:00 pm
Thanks Stuart!
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