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A list of presidents, with the number of children for each, follows:
1. Washington, 0
2. J. Adams, 5
3. Jefferson, 6
4. Madison, 0
5. Monroe, 2
6. J. Q. Adams, 4
7. Jackson, 0
8. Van Buren, 4
9. W. H. Harrison, 10
10. Tyler, 15
11. Polk, 0
12. Taylor, 6
13. Fillmore, 2
14. Pierce, 3
15. Buchanan, 0
16. Lincoln, 4
17. A. Johnson, 5
18. Grant, 4
19. Hayes, 8
20. Garfield, 7
21. Arthur, 3
22. Cleveland, 5
23. B. Harrison, 3
24. McKinley, 2
25. T. Roosevelt, 6
26. Taft, 3
27. Wilson, 3
28. Harding, 0
29. Coolidge, 2
30. Hoover, 2
31. F. D. Roosevelt, 6
32. Truman, 1
33. Eisenhower, 2
34. Kennedy, 4
35. L. B. Johnson, 2
36. Nixon, 2
37. Ford, 4
38. Carter, 4
39. Reagan, 4
40. G. Bush, 5
41. Clinton, 1
42. G. W. Bush, 2
43. Obama, 2
44. Trump, 5
a. Construct a dot plot for these data.
b. Make a frequency table for these data.
c. What is the most frequent number of children?
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