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Find the modal class for x and for y in the following tables.

x 0- 4- 14-20
f 5 9 8

 

y 3-6 7-11 12-20
f 66 80 134

Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency

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A small company sells plass, which it cuts to size to lit into window frames. How could the company benefit from knowing the modal size of glass its customers purchase?
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Four classes of continuous data are recorded as 1-7, 8-16, 17-20 and 21-25. The class 1-7 has a frequency of 84 and there is no modal class. Find the total frequency of the other three classes.
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Data about the times, in seconds, taken to run 100 metres by n adults are given in the following table.

Time xs 13.6x<15.4 15.4x<17.4 17.4x<19.8
No. adults f a b 27

By first investigating the possible values of a and of b, find the largest possible value of n, given that the modal class contains the slowest runners.

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Three classes of continuous data are given as 0x<4, 4x<10 and 10x<18. The frequency densities of the classes 0x<4 and 10x<18 are in the ratio 4: 3 and the total frequency of these two classes is 120. Find the least possible frequency of the modal class, given that the modal class is 4x<10.
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Calculate the mean of the following sets of numbers: 28, 16, 83, 72, 105, 55, 6 and 35

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Calculate the mean of the following sets of numbers:

7.3, 8.6, 11.7, 9.1, 1.7 and 4.2

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Calculate the mean of the following sets of numbers:

312, 514, 934,-414 and 738.

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The mean of 15, 31, 47, 83, 97, 119 and p2 is 63. Find the positive value of p.