If the mode of the data set {a, a + 2, a + 4, a + 6, a + 6, a + 6, a + 8} is 26, find a.
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The mode of a data set is the value that occurs with the highest frequency.
Listing the data \(\{a,\ a+2,\ a+4,\ a+6,\ a+6,\ a+6,\ a+8\}\), the entry \(a+6\) appears three times.
Every other value (\(a,\ a+2,\ a+4,\ a+8\)) appears only once, so the mode is clearly \(a+6\).
We are told this mode equals 26, so \(a+6=26\).
Solving, \(a=26-6=20\).
Identifying the most frequent term as the mode, the value of a is 20.
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