When one is constructing a table representing the frequency distribution of weights (lb) of discarded textile items from Data Set 23 in Appendix B, the first two classes of a frequency distribution are 0.00–0.99 and 1.00–1.99. What is the class width?

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Data Set 23: Weights of Discarded Garbage for One Week Weights are in pounds. HHSIZE is the household size. Data pro- vided by Masakuza Tani, the Garbage Project, University of Arizona. STATDISK: Minitab: Excel: TI-83/84 Plus: Data set name is Weights of Garbage. Worksheet name is GARBAGE.MTW. Workbook name is GARBAGE.XLS. App name is GARBAGE, and the file names are the same as for text files. Text file names: HHSIZ, METAL, PAPER, PLAS, GLASS, FOOD, YARD, TEXT, OTHER, TOTAL. Household HHSize Metal Paper Plas Glass Food Yard Text Other Total 1 2 1.09 2.41 0.27 0.86 1.04 0.38 0.05 4.66 10.76 2 3 1.04 7.57 1.41 3.46 3.68 0.00 0.46 2.34 19.96 3 3 2.57 9.55 2.19 4.52 4.43 0.24 0.50 3.60 27.60 4 6 3.02 8.82 2.83 4.92 2.98 0.63 2.26 12.65 38.11 5 4 1.50 8.72 2.19 6.31 6.30 0.15 0.55 2.18 27.90 6 2 2.10 6.96 1.81 2.49 1.46 4.58 0.36 2.14 21.90 7 1 1.93 6.83 0.85 0.51 8.82 0.07 0.60 2.22 21.83 8 5 3.57 11.42 3.05 5.81 9.62 4.76 0.21 10.83 49.27 9 6 2.32 16.08 3.42 1.96 4.41 0.13 0.81 4.14 33.27 10 4 1.89 6.38 2.10 17.67 2.73 3.86 0.66 0.25 35.54 11 4 3.26 13.05 2.93 3.21 9.31 0.70 0.37 11.61 44.44 12 7 3.99 11.36 2.44 4.94 3.59 13.45 4.25 1.15 45.17 13 3 2.04 15.09 2.17 3.10 5.36 0.74 0.42 4.15 33.07 14 5 0.99 2.80 1.41 1.39 1.47 0.82 0.44 1.03 10.35 15 6 2.96 6.44 2.00 5.21 7.06 6.14 0.20 14.43 44.44 16 2 1.50 5.86 0.93 2.03 2.52 1.37 0.27 9.65 24.13 17 4 2.43 11.08 2.97 1.74 1.75 14.70 0.39 2.54 37.60 18 4 2.97 12.43 2.04 3.99 5.64 0.22 2.47 9.20 38.96 19 3 1.42 6.05 0.65 6.26 1.93 0.00 0.86 0.00 17.17 20 3 3.60 13.61 2.13 3.52 6.46 0.00 0.96 1.32 31.60 21 2 4.48 6.98 0.63 2.01 6.72 2.00 0.11 0.18 23.11 22 2 1.36 14.33 1.53 2.21 5.76 0.58 0.17 1.62 27.56 23 4 2.11 13.31 4.69 0.25 9.72 0.02 0.46 0.40 30.96 24 1 0.41 3.27 0.15 0.09 0.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.08 25 4 2.02 6.67 1.45 6.85 5.52 0.00 0.68 0.03 23.22 26 6 3.27 17.65 2.68 2.33 11.92 0.83 0.28 4.03 42.99 27 11 4.95 12.73 3.53 5.45 4.68 0.00 0.67 19.89 51.90 28 3 1.00 9.83 1.49 2.04 4.76 0.42 0.54 0.12 20.20 29 4 1.55 16.39 2.31 4.98 7.85 2.04 0.20 1.48 36.80 30 3 1.41 6.33 0.92 3.54 2.901 3.85 0.03 0.04 19.02 31 2 1.05 9.19 0.89 1.06 2.87 0.33 0.01 0.03 15.43 32 2 1.31 9.41 0.80 2.70 5.09 0.64 0.05 0.71 20.71 33 2 2.50 9.45 0.72 1.14 3.17 0.00 0.02 0.01 17.01 34 4 2.35 12.32 2.66 12.24 2.40 7.87 4.73 0.78 45.35 35 3.69 20.12 4.37 5.67 13.20 0.00 1.15 1.17 49.37 36 2 3.61 7.72 0.92 2.43 2.07 0.68 0.63 0.00 18.06 37 2 1.49 6.16 1.40 4.02 4.00 0.30 0.04 0.00 17.41 38 2 1.36 7.98 1.45 6.45 4.27 0.02 0.12 2.02 23.67 39 2 1.73 9.64 1.68 1.89 1.87 0.01 1.73 0.58 19.13 40 2 0.94 8.08 1.53 1.78 8.13 0.36 0.12 0.05 20.99 41 3 1.33 10.99 1.44 2.93 3.51 0.00 0.39 0.59 21.18 42 3 2.62 13.11 1.44 1.82 4.21 4.73 0.64 0.49 29.06 43 2 1.25 3.26 1.36 2.89 3.34 2.69 0.00 0.16 14.95 44 2 0.26 1.65 0.38 0.99 0.77 0.34 0.04 0.00 4.43 45 3 4.41 10.00 1.74 1.93 1.14 0.92 0.08 4.60 24.82 46 6 3.22 8.96 2.35 3.61 1.45 0.00 0.09 1.12 20.80 47 4 1.86 9.46 2.30 2.53 6.54 0.00 0.65 2.45 25.79 48 4 1.76 5.88 1.14 3.76 0.92 1.12 0.00 0.04 14.62 49 3 2.83 8.26 2.88 1.32 5.14 5.60 0.35 2.03 28.41 50 3 2.74 12.45 2.13 2.64 4.59 1.07 0.41 1.14 27.17 51 10 4.63 10.58 5.28 12.33 2.94 0.12 2.94 15.65 54.47 52 3 1.70 5.87 1.48 1.79 1.42 0.00 0.27 0.59 13.12 53 6 3.29 8.78 3.36 3.99 10.44 0.90 1.71 13.30 45.77 54 5 1.22 11.03 2.83 4.44 3.00 4.30 1.95 6.02 34.79 55 4 3.20 12.29 2.87 9.25 5.91 1.32 1.87 0.55 37.26 56 7 3.09 20.58 2.96 4.02 16.81 0.47 1.52 2.13 51.58 57 5 2.58 12.56 1.61 1.38 5.01 0.00 0.21 1.46 24.81 58 4 1.67 9.92 1.58 1.59 9.96 0.13 0.20 1.13 26.18 59 2 0.85 3.45 1.15 0.85 3.89 0.00 0.02 1.04 11.25 60 4 1.52 9.09 1.28 8.87 4.83 0.00 0.95 1.61 28.15 61 2 1.37 3.69 0.58 3.64 1.78 0.08 0.00 0.00 11.14 62 2 1.32 2.61 0.74 3.03 3.37 0.17 0.00 0.46 11.70