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    Exercise 2B

    1 a 700 g, as this is the most often occurring.

    b 500 + 700 + 400 + 300 + 900 + 700 + 700 = 4200


    4200
    = 600 g
    7

    c 300 400 500 700 700 700 900


    700 g is the median (the middle value).

    d It will increase the mean, as 650 > 600 (the old mean).

    The mode will be unchanged.

    It will decrease the median. There will now be an even number of values, so we take the middle
    pair: 650 and 700. The new median will be half-way between these: 675.

    256.2
    2 a = 42.7
    6

    b It will increase the mean, as the new piece of data (52) is greater than the old mean (42.7).

    3 a For May

    v=
    ∑v
    n
    724 000
    =
    31
    = 23 354.838...
    = 23 355 m (to the nearest whole number)
    For June

    v=
    ∑v
    n
    632 000
    =
    30
    = 21 066.666...
    = 21 067 m (to the nearest whole number)

    b For the total recording period

    vtotal =
    ∑ ( vMay + vJune )
    nMay + nJune

    =
    ∑ ( 724 000 + 632 000 )
    31 + 30
    = 22 229.508...
    = 22 230 m (to the nearest whole number)

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    4 a 8 minutes. Everything else occurs only once, but there are two 8’s.

    102
    b = 10.2 minutes
    10

    c 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 26
    The median is 8.5 minutes.

    d The median would be reasonable. The mean is affected by the extreme value of 26.
    In this case the mode is close to the median, so would be acceptable; but this would not always be
    the case.

    5 a 2 breakdowns

    b The median is the 18.5th value = 1

    c (8 × 0) + (11 × 1) + (12 × 2) + (3 × 3) + (1 × 4) + (1 × 5) = 53

    53
    The mean = = 1.47 breakdowns
    36

    d The median, since this is the lowest value

    6 (5 × 8) + (6 × 57) + (7 × 29) + (8 × 3) + (9 × 1) = 618 petals

    8 + 57 + 29 + 3 + 1 = 98 celandines

    618
    The mean = = 6.31 petals (to 2 d.p.)
    98

    1× 7 + 2 × p + 3 × 2
    7 The mean =
    7+ p+2
    7+ 2p +6
    1.5 =
    p+9
    2 p + 13
    =
    p+9
    1.5p + 13.5 = 2p + 13

    0.5 = 0.5p

    p=1

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