Umar owns a tech store which specialises in selling laptops to students at the nearby university. At the start of the month, he received some new stock of laptops from the following brands; Apple, Microsoft, Dell, HP and LG.

Umar is wondering what to order for the next month's supply of stock, so he decides to collect data from 50 customer purchases, indicating what laptop brand was bought.

The brands purchased are listed below:

Brand Purchases
LG	Microsoft	Apple	Dell	Dell
Microsoft	Dell	HP	Apple	HP
Apple	Apple	LG	HP	Dell
Dell	HP	Dell	Microsoft	Dell
Dell	Dell	Apple	Microsoft	HP
Apple	Dell	Microsoft	HP	Apple
Dell	Apple	Dell	LG	Dell
Apple	Apple	Microsoft	HP	Microsoft
Microsoft	Dell	Apple	Apple	Dell
Dell	Microsoft	Dell	LG	Apple

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1.Are these data numerical, nominal or ordinal? (1 mark)

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2.Construct a frequency and a relative/percent frequency distribution. (3 marks)

3.What is the mode of this data set?

4.Based on your results, how should Umar plan his laptop inventory for the next month? Explain your answer based on the distribution. (2 marks