Airport departures

The table shows the number of planes taking off from an airport one Friday evening.
 

TIME PERIOD NO. OF PLANES
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
5:00 – 5:30 p.m.
5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
6:00 – 6:30 p.m.

 

a) During which half-hour period did the least number of planes take off? __________

b)

Between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m., how many planes in total took off? __________

c)

During which 1-hour period did the greatest number of planes take off?
 
  (A)  3:00 – 4:00
(B)  3:30 – 4:30
(C)  4:00 – 5:00
(D)  4:30 – 5:30
(E)  5:00 – 6:00