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June 2011 p63 q1
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Red Street Garage has 9 used cars for sale. Fairwheel Garage has 15 used cars for sale. The mean age of the cars in Red Street Garage is 3.6 years and the standard deviation is 1.925 years. In Fairwheel Garage, \(\Sigma x = 64\) and \(\Sigma x^2 = 352\), where \(x\) is the age of a car in years.
(i) Find the mean age of all 24 cars.
(ii) Find the standard deviation of the ages of all 24 cars.
Solution
(i) To find the mean age of all 24 cars, we calculate the total sum of ages and divide by the total number of cars:
For Red Street Garage: \(\text{Total sum} = 3.6 \times 9 = 32.4\)
For Fairwheel Garage: \(\Sigma x = 64\)
Total sum of ages = \(32.4 + 64 = 96.4\)
\(Total number of cars = 9 + 15 = 24\)
Mean age = \(\frac{96.4}{24} = 4.02 \text{ years}\)
\((ii) To find the standard deviation of all 24 cars, we first find the variance:\)
Variance for Red Street Garage: \(\frac{\Sigma x^2}{9} - 3.6^2 = 1.925^2\)
\(\Sigma x^2 = 150\)
Total \(\Sigma x^2 = 150 + 352 = 502\)
\(Mean age = 4.02\)
Variance = \(\frac{502}{24} - 4.02^2 = 4.780\)
Standard deviation = \(\sqrt{4.780} = 2.19 \text{ years}\)