9709 P63 - Jun 2019 - Q7
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The time in minutes taken by Whitefay Park School in a cross-country race are recorded in the table below.
| Whitefay Park School | 45 | 47 | 53 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 83 |
The times taken by pupils at Whitefay Park School are denoted by \(x\) minutes.
- Find the value of \(\Sigma(x - 60)^2\).
- It is given that \(\Sigma(x - 60) = 46\). Use this result, together with your answer to part (iii), to find the variance of \(x\).
