The numbers of outstanding shares for 24 publicly traded companies are listed in the fol- lowing table.

a. Using the number of outstanding shares, summarize the companies with a frequency distribution.
b. Display the frequency distribution with a frequency polygon.
c. Create a cumulative frequency distribution of the companies.
d. Display the cumulative frequency distribution with a cumulative frequency polygon.
e. Based on the cumulative frequency distribution, 75% of the companies have less than “what number” of outstanding shares?
f. Write a brief analysis of this group of companies based on your statistical summaries of “number of outstandingshares.”

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Number of Outstanding Shares Outstanding Southwest Airlines FIRSTENERGY Harley Davidson Dow Chemical Eastman Kodak American Electric Power Pacific Gas and Electric Westinghouse Solar Northeast Uuilities Virginia Electric and Power Public Service Electric & Gas Consumers Energy