Are some cities more windy than others? Does Chicago deserve to be nicknamed "The Windy City"? These data are the average wind speeds (in miles per hour) for 54 selected cities in the United States:

a. Construct a relative frequency histogram for the data.
b. The value x = 35.1 was recorded at Mt. Washington, New Hampshire. Does the geography of that city explain the observation?
c. The average wind speed in Chicago is recorded as 10.3 miles per hour. Do you consider this unusually windy?

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8.9 12.3 10.78.4 7.8 11.5 8.2 9.0 8.8 7.1 11.8 10.3 7.7 9.0 10.5 . 87 8.7 9.1 9.0 10.5 112 7.7 8.8 12.2 7.9 8.8 8.7 7.1 8.7 7.6 5.1 35.1 10.5 0.4 11.0 10.2 8.6 0.7 9.6 8.3 8.0 9.5 7.7 9.4 8.7 7.8 10.2 6.9 9.2 10.2 6.2 9.6 122