You are the research assistant to the administrator of a small bureau in the federal government. Your boss has received some criticism that the bureau does not respond promptly to congressional requests. The only information you have is the day the agency received the request and the day the agency mailed the response. From those figures, you have calculated the number of days the agency took to respond.

Days Necessary to Respond to Congressional Requests

9 1 6 10 8 12 9 14 15 7

19 8 21 10 50 37 9 4 28 44

9 18 8 39 7 1 4 15 7 28

47 9 6 7 24 10 41 7 9 29

6 4 12 7 9 15 39 24 9 2

20 31 18 9 33 8 6 3 7 16

20 26 9 9 16 5 3 12 36 11

8 6 28 35 8 10 11 20 3 10

16 8 12 4 6 9 10 10 9 16

4 14 11 8 5 8 11 9 7 6

11 9 7 8 10 9 11

(a) Prepare the frequency distribution.

(b) Present the distribution graphically.

(c) Propose a paragraph explaining what you have found.