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Write a brief analysis of the number of shareholders

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Following is the number of shareholders for a selected group of large companies (in thousands):

Company	Number ofShareholders(thousands)	Company	Number of Shareholders (thousands)
Southwest Airlines	144	Standard Oil (Indiana) Home Depot Detroit Edison Eastman Kodak Dow Chemical Pennsylvania Power American Electric Power Ohio Edison Transamerica Corporation Columbia Gas System International Telephone & Telegraph Union Electric Virginia Electric and Power Public Service Electric & Gas Consumers Power	173
General Public Utilities	177		195
Occidental Petroleum	266		220
Middle South Utilities	133		251
Chrysler	209		137
Standard Oil of California	264		150
Bethlehem Steel	160		262
Long Island Lighting	143		158
RCA	246		162
Greyhound Corporation	151		165
Pacific Gas & Electric	239
Niagara Mohawk Power	204		223
E. I. du Pont de Nemours	204		158
Westinghouse Electric	195		162
Union Carbide	176		225
BankAmerica	175		161
Northeast Utilities	200		161

The shareholder numbers are to be organized into a frequency distribution and several graphs drawn to portray the distribution.

a. Using seven classes and a lower limit of 130, construct a frequency distribution.

b. Portray the distribution as a frequency polygon.

c. Portray the distribution in a cumulative frequency polygon.

d. According to the polygon, three out of four (75 percent) of the companies have how many shareholders or less?

e. Write a brief analysis of the number of shareholders based on the frequency distribution and graphs.

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