
The wind speeds, miles per hour , were measured at a coastal location at midday on consecutive days and are presented in the following table.
Speed
No. days
Abel wishes to calculate an estimate of the mean wind speed in kilometres per hour He knows that a distance of miles is approximately equal to
Use the wind speeds in mph to estimate the mean wind speed in

Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency
Given that values of are such that find and find the value of such that


The midpoint of the line segment between and is at
Find the coordinates of the midpoint after the following transformations have been applied to and to
Translation by the vector

The midpoint of the line segment between and is at
Find the coordinates of the midpoint after the following transformations have been applied to and to
Enlargement through the origin with scale factor

The midpoint of the line segment between and is at
Find the coordinates of the midpoint after the following transformations have been applied to and to
Transformations and are carried out one after the other. Investigate whether the location of the midpoint of is independent of the order in which the transformations are carried out.

Five investors are repaid, each with their initial investment increased by plus a fixed 'thank you' bonus of The woman who invested is repaid double her investment and the man who invested is repaid triple his investment. Find the total amount that the five people invested, given that the mean amount repaid to them was
Do you think the method of repayment is fair? Give a reason for your answer.


The number of patients treated each day by a dentist during a -day period is shown in the following stem-and-leaf diagram.
Find the median number of patients.
