Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Statistics, Exercise 1: Exercise

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Attempt the practice questions on Chapter 14: Statistics, Exercise 1: Exercise with hints and solutions to strengthen your understanding. Mathematics Crash Course (Based on Revised Syllabus-2023) solutions are prepared by Experienced Embibe Experts.

Questions from Embibe Experts Solutions for Chapter: Statistics, Exercise 1: Exercise with Hints & Solutions

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The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y, if total frequency is 100.

Class 0-100 100-200 200-300 300-400 400-500 500-600 600-700 700-800 800-900 900-1000
Frequency 2 5 x 12 17 20 y 9 7 4

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In his end of year exams, Joe scored the following:
Science 34%
English 90%
History 87%
Math 34%
Geography 55%
What was the mean?

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Fifty students recorded how much they spent on eating out in one month (to the nearest dollar). The results are shown in the partially complete frequency table:

Class interval Class boundaries Frequency
1-10 0.5-10.5 14
11-20 10.5-20.5 13
21-30   15
31-40   0
41-50   4
51-60   3
61-70   1

State the class that contains the median.

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Fifty students recorded how much they spent on eating out in one month (to the nearest dollar). The results are shown in the partially complete frequency table:

Class interval Class boundaries Frequency
1-10 0.5-10.5 14
11-20 10.5-20.5 13
21-30   15
31-40   0
41-50   4
51-60   3
61-70   1

State the modal class.

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A taxi driver records the distances of his journeys, to the nearest km, over the course of a long weekend shift.

Distance 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25
Frequency 10 6 8 5 2

Write down the modal class.

MEDIUM
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Your tutor says that your test scores in Physics are better than your test scores in Chemistry. Your results (out of 100 ) for the last six tests in each subject are presented in this table:

Chemistry 56 64 66 58 72 81
Physics 64 62 72 73 60 70

Comment on your tutor's claim.

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You suspect that boys are spending more money than girls in your school canteen. You stand by the cashier one lunch time and record the amount spent by the first ten girls and by the first ten boys. The amounts you record are as follows:

Boys Girls
$3.12 $1.00 $4.00 $2.51
$4.00 $6.37 $1.37 $0.88
$4.00 $4.00 $4.00 $4.00
$5.16 $3.82 $4.00 $4.80
$2.13 $3.65 $2.32 $3.55

Comment on the claim that boys spend more than girls in the canteen.

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The number of text messages sent by 17 adults in one week are shown below.
36,40,22,8,16,19,48,62,27,22,34,31,36,28,30,12,20

Find the mean and median number of texts sent.