Sound waves from a basketball. An experiment was conducted to characterize sound waves in a spherical cavity

(American Journal of Physics, June 2010). A fully inflated basketball, hanging from rubber bands, was struck with a metal rod, producing a series of metallic-sounding pings. Of particular interest were the frequencies of sound waves resulting from the first 24 resonances (echoes). A mathematical formula, well known in physics, was used to compute the theoretical frequencies. These frequencies (measured in hertz)

are listed in the table. Use a graphical method to describe the distribution of sound frequencies for the first 24 resonances.

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Resonance Frequency 11 1234567AADAAN 979 1572 2113 2122 2659 2795 3181 8 3431 3638 10 3694 4038 4203 4334 4631 15 4711 16 4993 17 5130 18 5210 19 5214 20 5633 21 5779 22 5836 23 6259 24 6339