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The capacities of ten engines, in litres, are given rounded to 2 decimal places, as follows: 

1.86,2.07,1.74,1.08,1.99,1.96,1.83,1.45,1.28 and 2.19.  

These capacities are to be grouped in three classes as 1.0-1.4,1.5-2.0 and 2.1-2.2

.Find the frequency of the class 1.5-2.0 litres.

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The capacities of ten engines, in litres, are given rounded to 2 decimal places, as follows: 1.86,2.07,1.74,1.08,1.99,1.96,1.83,1.45,1.28 and 2.19.

These capacities are to be grouped in three classes as 1.0-1.4,1.5-2.0 and 2.1-2.2

Find the frequency of the class 1.5-2.0 litres.

Write down two words that describe the type of data given about the engines.

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Over a 10-day period, Alina recorded the number of text messages she received each day. The following stem-and-leaf diagram shows her results.

09 1034415556 8Key15  represents 15 messages

On how many days did she receive more than 10 but not more than 15 messages?

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Over a 10-day period, Alina recorded the number of text messages she received each day. The following stem-and-leaf diagram shows her results.

09 1034415556 8Key15  represents 15 messages

How many more rows would need to be added to the stem-and-leaf diagram if Alina included data for two extra days on which she received 4 and 36 messages? Explain your answer.

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The following stem-and-leaf diagram shows eight randomly selected numbers between 2 and 4 .  

21  3  3  a  3b  5  6  7  Key21 represents 2.1  

Given that a-b=7 and that the sum of the eight numbers correct to the nearest integer is 24, find the value of a and b.

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Eighty people downloaded a particular application and recorded the time taken for the download to complete. The times are given in the following table.

Download time (min) <3 <5 <6 <10
No. downloads (cf) 6 18 66 80

Find the number of downloads that completed in 5 to 6 minutes.

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Eighty people downloaded a particular application and recorded the time taken for the download to complete. The times are given in the following table.

Download time (min) <3 <5 <6 <10
No. downloads (cf) 6 18 66 80

Find the number of downloads that completed in 5 to 6 minutes.

On a histogram, the download times from 5 to 6 minutes are represented by a column of height 9.6 cm. Find the height of the column that represents the download times of 6 to 10minutes.

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A histogram is drawn with three columns whose widths are in the ratio 1: 2: 4. The frequency densities of these classes are in the ratio 16: 12: 3, respectively.

Given that the total frequency of the data is 390 , find the frequency of each class.

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A histogram is drawn with three columns whose widths are in the ratio 1: 2: 4. The frequency densities of these classes are in the ratio 16: 12: 3, respectively.

Given that the total frequency of the data is 390 , find the frequency of each class.

The classes with the two highest frequencies are to be merged and a new histogram drawn. Given that the height of the column representing the merged classes is to be 30 cm, find the correct height for the remaining column.