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For 10 values denoted x, it is given that x¯=7.4. Find:

Σx-1

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Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency

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Given q¯=22 and Σq-4=3672, find the number of values of q.
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The lengths of 2500 bolts, x mm, are summarised by Σx-40=875. Find the mean length of the bolts.
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Six data values are coded by subtracting 13 from each. Five of the coded values are 9.3, 5.4, 3.9, 7.6 and 2.2, and the mean of the six data values is 17.6.

Find the sixth coded value.

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The SD card slots on digital cameras are designed to accommodate a card of up to 24 mm in width. Due to low sales figures, a manufacturer suspects that the machine used to cut the cards needs to be recalibrated. The widths, w mm, of 400 of these cards were measured and are coded in the following table, where x=w-24.

w-24mm -0.15x<-0.1 -0.1x<0 0x<0.1 0.1x<0.2
No. cards f 32 360 6 2

Suggest a reason why the widths have been coded in this way.

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The SD card slots on digital cameras are designed to accommodate a card of up to 24 mm in width. Due to low sales figures, a manufacturer suspects that the machine used to cut the cards needs to be recalibrated. The widths, w mm, of 400 of these cards were measured and are coded in the following table, where x=w-24.

w-24mm -0.15x<-0.1 -0.1x<0 0x<0.1 0.1x<0.2
No. cards f 32 360 6 2

What percentage of the SD cards are too wide to fit into the slots?

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The SD card slots on digital cameras are designed to accommodate a card of up to 24 mm in width. Due to low sales figures, a manufacturer suspects that the machine used to cut the cards needs to be recalibrated. The widths, w mm, of 400 of these cards were measured and are coded in the following table, where x=w-24.

w-24mm -0.15x<-0.1 -0.1x<0 0x<0.1 0.1x<0.2
No. cards f 32 360 6 2

Use the coded data to estimate the mean width of these 400 cards.

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Sixteen bank accounts have been accidentally under-credited by the following amounts, denoted by $x.

917.95917.98918.03917.97918.01917.94918.05918.07918.02917.93918.01917.88918.10917.85918.11917.94

To calculate x¯ manually, Fidel and Ramon code these figures using x-917 and x-920, respectively.

Who has the simpler maths to do? Explain your answer.