Estimating the rhino population
The International Rhino Federation estimates that there are 17,800 rhinoceroses living in the wild in Africa and Asia. A breakdown of the number of rhinos of each species is reported in the accompanying table.
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RHINO SPECIES
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POPULATION ESTIMATE
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African Black
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3,610
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African White
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11,330
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(Asian) Sumatran
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300
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(Asian) Javan
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60
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(Asian) Indian
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2,500
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(a) Construct a relative frequency table for the data.
(b) Display the relative frequencies in a bar graph.
(c) What proportion of the 17,800 rhinos are African rhinos? Asian?