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    The document contains two word problems involving calculating the mean from frequency distribution tables. The first problem finds the mean price of an article sold in different stores to be $2.08 based on a table of price ranges and frequencies. The second problem involves finding the missing value in a table of age ranges and member counts for a country club to determine the mean age is 45.8 years.

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    The document contains two word problems involving calculating the mean from frequency distribution tables. The first problem finds the mean price of an article sold in different stores to be $2.08 based on a table of price ranges and frequencies. The second problem involves finding the missing value in a table of age ranges and member counts for a country club to determine the mean age is 45.8 years.

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    The document contains two word problems involving calculating the mean from frequency distribution tables. The first problem finds the mean price of an article sold in different stores to be $2.08 based on a table of price ranges and frequencies. The second problem involves finding the missing value in a table of age ranges and member counts for a country club to determine the mean age is 45.8 years.

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    3. The table below shows the prices of an article sold in different stores:
    Price ($)
    Frequency

    1 x < 1.5
    8

    1.5 x < 2
    12

    2 x < 2.5
    20

    2.5 x < 3
    11

    Find the mean price of the article.

    [4.1 Class Practice 2]


    Mid value (x)

    fx

    1 x < 1 .5

    1.25

    10

    1 .5 x < 2

    1.75

    12

    21

    2 x < 2 .5

    2.25

    20

    45

    2 .5 x < 3

    2.75

    11

    20.25

    f = 51

    fx = 106.25

    fx
    f
    106.25
    =$
    51
    = $2.0833..

    = $2.08 (2dp)
    4. The distribution table below shows the ages of 1107 members of a country club.
    Age (as of last birthday)

    20 29

    30 39

    40 49

    50 59

    60 69

    Number of members

    94

    216

    379

    130

    (a) Find the value of m.


    (b) Calculate the mean age of the members.

    [4.1 Class Practice 4]


    (a) 1107 = 94 + 216 + 379 + m +130

    m = 288
    x

    Mid value (x)

    fx

    20 29

    24.5

    94

    2303

    30 39

    34.5

    216

    7452

    40 49

    44.5

    379

    16865.5

    50 59

    54.5

    288

    15696

    60 69

    64.5

    130

    8385

    f = 1107

    fx = 50701.5

    fx
    f
    50701.5
    =
    y
    1107
    = 45.80081....

    = 45.8 (3sf ) or 45

    197
    246

    (b)

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