Ascientist counts the number of bacteria colonies growing in each of six lab dishes.

bacteria colonier per dish
letter = dish label
number = amount of colonies
a -16
b - 13
c - 25
d - 3
e - 13
f - 13
why is 13 considered to be the mode of this data set?

a. it is the most likely number of colonies that would grow in a dish.
b. it is in the center of the range of the number of colonies.
c. it is the data value that appears the most often in the set.
d. it is the ideal number of colonies that the scientist should grow.