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Answer: B. Graph is nearly symmetrical</h3>
Explanation:
Given information:
- A number line going from 2 to 11.
- 0 dots are above 2.
- 0 dots are above 3.
- 1 dot is above 4.
- 2 dots are above 5.
- 4 dots are above 6.
- 4 dots are above 7.
- 3 dots are above 8.
- 2 dots are above 9.
- 2 dots are above 10.
- 0 dots are above 11.
From that we can see the data set is {4,5,5,6,6,6,6,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,9,9,10,10} which produces the dot plot you see in the image attachment below.
It's a bit tricky to see, but the graph is nearly symmetrical. If we were to remove the blue points in the dot plot I provided, then we'll get a perfectly symmetrical distribution. Symmetrical means one half is a mirror copy of the the other half. The center line of a symmetrical distribution is both the mean and median.
I think that you assumed that:
2k - 1 = k + 2
However we can't do this, because a square has 4 sides whilst a triangle only has 3 sides.
This means that we can say
4(2k - 1) = 3(k + 2)
We multiply by 4 due to 4 sides of the square, and by 3 due to the 4 sides of the triangle.
Lets expand the brackets, and solve it:
4(2k - 1) = 3(k + 2)
8k -4 = 3k + 6
5k -4 = 6 ( subtract both sides by 3x to collect the x values)
5k = 10 (add both sides by 4 to get the x's alone)
k = 2 (divide both sides by 5 to get what just x is)
So k = 2 units
The measure of angle 6 is 84 :)