The table shows the tax, in dollars, on a pack of cigarettes in each of the 50 states and Washington, DC, as of September 2010. Note: The state with the lowest tax is Virginia and the state with the highest tax is New York.

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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3.025 0.80 1.53 1.66 0.17 0.60 1.60 0.45 1.78 2.70 3.00 1.18 2.00 1.56 1.41 1.15 0.98 4.35 0.57 2.24 1.60 0.87 1.70 2.52 1.03 0.36 2.00 2.00 0.37 2.51 2.00 1.70 0.60 0.64 0.79 0.68 1.25 0.55 0.425 3.46 2.50 0.57 0.44 0.84 1.36 0.62 0.995 0.30 1.339 3.00 2.00