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The wind speeds, x miles per hour mph, were measured at a coastal location at midday on 40 consecutive days and are presented in the following table.

Speed x mph 15x<17 17x<20 20x<24 24x<25
No. days f 9 13 14 4

Abel wishes to calculate an estimate of the mean wind speed in kilometres per hour km/h. He knows that a distance of 5 miles is approximately equal to 8 km.

Use the wind speeds in mph to estimate the mean wind speed in km/h.

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Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency

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Given that 15 values of x are such that Σ3x-2=528, find x¯ and find the value of b such that Σ0.5x-b=138.

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For 20 values of y, it is given that Σax-b=400 and Σbx-a=545. Given also that x¯=6.25, find the value of a and of b.
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The midpoint of the line segment between A and B is at 5.2, -1.2.

Find the coordinates of the midpoint after the following transformations have been applied to A and to B.

T: Translation by the vector -74.

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The midpoint of the line segment between A and B is at 5.2, -1.2.

Find the coordinates of the midpoint after the following transformations have been applied to A and to B.

E: Enlargement through the origin with scale factor 5.

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The midpoint of the line segment between A and B is at 5.2, -1.2.

Find the coordinates of the midpoint after the following transformations have been applied to A and to B.

Transformations T and E are carried out one after the other. Investigate whether the location of the midpoint of AB is independent of the order in which the transformations are carried out.

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Five investors are repaid, each with their initial investment increased by p% plus a fixed 'thank you' bonus of $q. The woman who invested $20000 is repaid double her investment and the man who invested $7500 is repaid triple his investment. Find the total amount that the five people invested, given that the mean amount repaid to them was $33000.

Do you think the method of repayment is fair? Give a reason for your answer.

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One of the units used to measure pressure is pounds per square inch (psi). The mean pressure in the four tyres of a particular vehicle is denoted by x¯ psi. Given that 1 pound is approximately equal to 0.4536 kg and that 1 metre is approximately equal to 39.37 inches, express the sum of the pressures in the four tyres of this vehicle in grams per cm2.
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The number of patients treated each day by a dentist during a 20-day period is shown in the following stem-and-leaf diagram.

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Find the median number of patients.