5. toby collects data and makes a bargraph about his classmates' pets. he finds that 9 classmates have dogs,2 classmates have fish, 6 classmateshave cats, and 3 classmates havegerbils. what pet will have the longestbar on the bar graph?

If you draw a graph on a paper, you will have dogs, cats, gerbils, and fish. 
   
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DOGS     CATS       FISH     GERBILS

As you can see, there are more dogs than other pets.

There are two bc a studen that equals to 2