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38. The numbers of outstanding shares for 24 publicly traded companies are listed in the Tol lowing table. For DATA FILE, please visit www.mhhe.com/lind16e Number of Number of Outstanding Outstanding Shares Shares Company (millions) Company (millions) Southwest Airlines 738 Costco 436 FIRSTENERGY 418 Home Depot 1,495 Harley Davidson 226 DTE Energy 172 Entergy 178 Dow Chemical 1,199 Chevron 1,957 Eastman Kodak 272 Pacific Gas and Electric 430 American Electric Power 485 DuPont 932 ITT Corporation 93 Westinghouse Solar 22 Ameren 243 Northeast Utilities 314 Virginia Electric and Power 575 Facebook 1,067 Public Service Electric & Gas 506 Google, Inc. 64 Consumers Energy 265 Apple 941 Starbucks 744 a. Using the number of outstanding shares, summarize the companies with a frequent distribution. b. Display the frequency distribution with a frequency polygon. c. Create a cumulative frequency distribution of the companies. d. Display the cumulative frequency distribution with a cumulative frequency polygon. e. Based on the cumulative frequency distribution, 75% of the companies have less th "what number" of outstanding shares? f. Write a brief analysis of this group of companies based on your statistical summaries "number of outstanding shares."