The table shows the tax, in dollars, on a pack of cigarettes in each of the 50 states and Washington, DC, as of January 2015.

With a first class having a lower class limit of 0 and a class width of 0.50:

(a) Construct a frequency distribution.

(b) Construct a relative frequency distribution.

(c) Construct a frequency histogram of the data.

(d) Construct a relative frequency histogram of the data.

(e) Describe the shape of the distribution.

(f) Repeat parts (a)–(e) using a class width of 1.

(g) Does one frequency distribution provide a better summary of the data than the other? Explain.

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0.425 1.339 0.60 2.00 0.37 0.36 2.00 3.20 2.00 1.15 0.57 2.00 0.87 1.98 3.51 0.84 0.995 2.00 3.40 1.36 3.43 1.60 0.79 0.68 Source: Tax Foundation. 0.17 0.45 1.53 1.70 0.44 0.62 0.64 1.25 1.41 0.80 1.03 1.70 1.78 1.31 2.75 2.70 1.60 0.30 1.66 3.50 3.025 4.35 0.57 0.55 2.52 0.60 2.90