The following table lists the presidents of the United States (as of October 2010) and their state of birth.

(a) Construct a frequency bar graph for state of birth.
(b) Which state has yielded the most presidents?
(c) Explain why the answer obtained in part (b) may be misleading.

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Birthplace of U.S. President President Washington J. Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe J. Q. Adams Jackson Van Buren W. H. Harrison State of Birth Virginia Massachusetts Virginia Virginia Virginia Massachusetts South Carolina New York Virginia Virginia North Carolina Virginia New York New Hampshire Pennsylvania President Lincoln A. Johnson Grant Hayes Garfield Arthur Cleveland B. Harrison Cleveland McKinley T. Roosevelt Taft Wilson Harding Coolidge State of Birth Kentucky North Carolina Ohio Ohio Ohio Vermont New Jersey Ohio New Jersey Ohio New York Ohio Virginia Ohio Vermont President Hoover F. D. Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower Kennedy L. B. Johnson Nixon State of Birth lowa New York Missouri Texas Massachusetts Texas California Nebraska Georgia Illinois Massachusetts Arkansas Connecticut Hawaii Carter Reagan George H. Bush Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama Taylor Fillmore Pierce Buchanan