Professor Kim creates a frequency distribution of exam scores from her class of 300 students. Possible scores on the exam ranged from zero to 100. What should be displayed on the vertical axis?

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The vertical axis in a frequency distribution should display the frequency (or count) of each possible score occurring, which is option A. This helps to show the pattern and distribution of the scores. Displaying each possible score individually (option B) would not be efficient or informative, displaying the mean of the scores (option C) doesn't give much insight into the distribution of the scores, and displaying the names of each student (option D) would not be appropriate for a frequency distribution.

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