2. A botanist grew a variety of hibiscus with spots on the petals. Below is a list of the number of
spots on a random sample of flowers,
7, 11, 3, 11, 7, 9, 5, 5, 7, 5,5
Assuming that the sample was representative of all of the flowers, what was the mode of the
number of spots on a flower?
O A. 9
OB. 5
O C. 7
O D. 6.82