Daily wages in Rs 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 No. of employees 1 8 10 5 4 2 Estimate the modal daily wages for this distribution by a graphical method. Solution: Daily wages in Rs. No. of...
The median of the following numbers, arranged in ascending order is 25. Find x. 11, 13, 15, 19, x + 2, x + 4, 30, 35, 39, 46
Solution: Here n = 10, which is even Median = 25 So Median = ½ ( n/2 th term + ((n/2)+1)th term) 25 = ½ (( 10/2 )th term + (10/2)+1)th term) 25 = ½ (( 5 )th term + (6)th term) 25 = ½ (x+2 + x+4) 25...
The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8. Find the value of p.
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120 Frequency 5 8 p 12 7 8 Solution: Class Frequency fi Class mark xi fixi 0-20 5 10 50 20-40 8 30 240 40-60 p 50 50p 60-80 12 70 840 80-100 7 90 630 100-120...
Find the mean age in years from the frequency distribution given below:
Age in years 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 No. of persons 4 14 22 16 6 5 3 Solution: The given distribution is not continuous. Adjustment factor = (30-29)/2 = ½ = 0.5 We subtract 0.5...
The marks obtained by 100 students in a Mathematics test are given below
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 No. of students 3 7 12 17 23 14 9 6 5 4 Draw an ogive on a graph sheet and from it determine the : (i) median (ii) lower quartile ...
Use graph paper for this question. The following table shows the weights in gm of a sample of 100 potatoes taken from a large consignment:
Weight (gm) 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 100-110 110-120 120-130 Frequency 8 10 12 16 18 14 12 10 (i) Calculate the cumulative frequencies. (ii) Draw the cumulative frequency curve and from it...
Draw a histogram for the following distribution :
Wt. in kg 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 No. of students 2 8 12 10 6 4 Hence estimate the modal weight. Solution: The given distribution is not continuous. Adjustment factor = (45-44)/2 = ½ =...
At a shooting competition, the scores of a competitor were as given below :
Score 0 1 2 3 4 5 No. of shots 0 3 6 4 7 5 (i) What was his modal score ? (ii) What was his median score ? (iii) What was his total score ? (iv) What was his mean ? Solution: We write the marks in...
Find the mean, median and mode of the following marks obtained by 16 students in a class test marked out of 10 marks : 0, 0, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8
Solution: Given data is 0, 0, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8 Number of observations, n = 16 Mean = Ʃxi/n = (0+0+2+2+3+3+3+4+5+5+5+5+6+6+7+8)/16 = 64/16 = 4 Hence the mean is 4. Here n = 16...
Find the mean of the following frequency distribution:
Class intervals 0-50 50-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 frequency 4 8 16 13 6 3 Solution: Class mark, xi = (upper class limit + lower class limit)/2 Class interval Frequency fi Class mark xi...
Calculate the mean of the following distribution:
Class interval 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 Frequency 8 5 12 35 24 16 Solution: Class mark, xi = (upper class limit + lower class limit)/2 Class interval Frequency fi Class mark xi fixi 0-10 8...
Marks obtained by 40 students in a short assessment are given below, where a and b are two missing data.
Marks 5 6 7 8 9 No. of students 6 a 16 13 b If the mean of the distribution is 7.2, find a and b. Solution: Marks (x) No. of students (f) fx 5 6 30 6 a 6a 7 16 112 8 13 104 9 b 9b Total Ʃf = 35+a+b...
(i) Calculate the mean wage correct to the nearest rupee (1995)
(ii) If the number of workers in each category is doubled, what would be the new mean
Category A B C D E F G Wages (in Rs) per day 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 No. of workers 2 4 8 12 10 6 8 Category Wages in Rs. (x) No. of workers f fx A 50 2 100 B 60 4 240 C 70 8 560 D 80 12 960 E 90 10...
Find the mean for the following distribution.
Numbers 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Cumulative frequency 8 18 33 40 49 55 60 Solution: Numbers (x) Cumulative frequency Frequency (f) fx 60 8 8 60×8 = 480 61 18 18-8 = 10 61×10 = 610 62 33 33-18 = 15 62×15...
The contents of 100 match boxes were checked to determine the number of matches they contained
No. of matches 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 No. of boxes 6 10 18 25 21 12 8 (i) Calculate, correct to one decimal place, the mean number of matches per box. (ii) Determine how many extra matches would have...
Find the mean of 25 given numbers when the mean of 10 of them is 13 and the mean of the remaining numbers is 18.
Solution: Mean of 10 numbers = 13 Sum of numbers = 13×10 = 130 Mean of remaining 15 numbers = 18 Sum of numbers = 15×18 = 270 Sum of all numbers = 130+270 = 400 Mean = sum of numbers/25 = 400/25 =...
(a) The mean age of 33 students of a class is 13 years. If one girl leaves the class, the mean becomes years. What is the age of the girl ?
(b) In a class test, the mean of marks scored by a class of 40 students was calculated as 18.2. Later on, it was detected that marks of one student was wrongly copied as 21 instead of 29. Find the correct mean.
Solution: (a)Given mean age = 13 Number of students = 33 Sum of ages = mean ×number of students = 13×33 = 429 After a girl leaves, the mean of 32 students becomes = 207/16 Now sum of ages =...
(a) Calculate the arithmetic mean of 5.7, 6.6, 7.2, 9.3, 6.2.
(b) The weights (in kg) of 8 new born babies are 3, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4, 3.6, 4.1, 3.2. Find the mean weight of the babies.
Solution: (a) Given observations are 5.7, 6.6, 7.2, 9.3, 6.2. Number of observations = 5 Mean = sum of observations / number of observations Mean = (5.7+6.6+7.2+9.3+6.2)/5 = 35/5 = 7 Hence the mean...
Find the length of the tangent drawn to a circle of radius 3cm, from a point distnt 5cm from the center.
Solution: In a circle with center O and radius 3cm and p is at a distance of 5cm. That is OT = 3 cm, OP = 5 cm OT is the radius of the circle OT ⊥ PT Now in right ∆ OTP, by Pythagoras axiom, OP2 =...
A Jocker’s cap is in the form of a right circular cone of base radius 7 cm and height 24 cm. Find the area of the cloth required to make 10 such caps.
Solution: Given height of the cone, h = 24 cm Radius, r = 7 cm We know that l2 = h2+r2 l2 = 242+72 l2 = 576+49 l2 = 625 l = √625 l = 25 Curved surface area = rl = (22/7)×7×25 = 22×25 = 550 cm2 So...