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Nov 2023 p53 q4
2422

The weights, x kg, of 120 students in a sports college are recorded. The results are summarised in the following table.

Weight (x kg)x ≤ 40x ≤ 60x ≤ 65x ≤ 70x ≤ 85x ≤ 100
Cumulative frequency0143860106120

Calculate estimates for the mean and standard deviation of the weights of the 120 students.

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Nov 2018 p62 q5
2423

The Quivers Archery club has 12 Junior members and 20 Senior members. For the Junior members, the mean age is 15.5 years and the standard deviation of the ages is 1.2 years. The ages of the Senior members are summarised by \(\Sigma y = 910\) and \(\Sigma y^2 = 42\,850\), where \(y\) is the age of a Senior member in years.

(i) Find the mean age of all 32 members of the club.

(ii) Find the standard deviation of the ages of all 32 members of the club.

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June 2018 p63 q4
2424

Farfield Travel and Lacket Travel are two travel companies which arrange tours abroad. The numbers of holidays arranged in a certain week are recorded in the table below, together with the means and standard deviations of the prices.

Number of holidaysMean price ($)Standard deviation ($)
Farfield Travel301500230
Lacket Travel212400160

(i) Calculate the mean price of all 51 holidays.

(ii) The prices of individual holidays with Farfield Travel are denoted by $x_F$ and the prices of individual holidays with Lacket Travel are denoted by $x_L$. By first finding $\sum x_F^2$ and $\sum x_L^2$, find the standard deviation of the prices of all 51 holidays.

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June 2018 p62 q1
2425

Each of a group of 10 boys estimates the length of a piece of string. The estimates, in centimetres, are as follows.

37, 40, 45, 38, 36, 38, 42, 38, 40, 39

  1. Find the mode.
  2. Find the median and the interquartile range.
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Nov 2017 p61 q4
2426

The ages of a group of 12 people at an Art class have mean 48.7 years and standard deviation 7.65 years. The ages of a group of 7 people at another Art class have mean 38.1 years and standard deviation 4.2 years.\n\n(i) Find the mean age of all 19 people.\n\n(ii) The individual ages in years of people in the first Art class are denoted by \(x\) and those in the second Art class by \(y\). By first finding \(\Sigma x^2\) and \(\Sigma y^2\), find the standard deviation of the ages of all 19 people.

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