Q-1

A group of children played a computer

game which measured their time in seconds
to perform a certain task. A summary of the
times taken by girls and boys in the group is
shown below.
Minimum

Lower
quartile

Median

Upper
quartile

Maximum

Girls

5.5

13

Boys

8.5

11

16
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1.i) On a graph paper, draw

two box and whisker plots in
a single diagram to illustrate
the times taken by girls and
boys to perform this task.

For girls

FIVE NUMBER SUMMARY

Lowest value 5
Steps :
5.5
i) Plot the five number Q1
Median
7
summary.
Q3
9
ii) Join 1st and last two
Highest value 13
dots.
iii) Draw vertical lines in
Middle three dots.
iv) Join those vertical lines and label the plots.
Highest
Lowest Q1 Median Q3
value
value

For boys
4
6
8.5
11
16

Girls

4
Lowest
value

10 11

12 13 14

15 16

Boys

Q1

Median

Q3

Highest
value

ii) State two comparisons of the times

taken by girls and boys.

Comparisons :
i) On average, boys seem to be taking more time
than girls to complete the task.
ii) The time taken by boys has more spread than the
time taken by girls.
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Q-2
The probability that the school bus is on
time on any particular day is 0.6 . If the bus
is on time the probability that Sam the
driver gets a cup of coffee is 0.9. If the bus
is not on time the probability that Sam gets
a cup of coffee is 0.3.
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Cup of coffee

Time
0.9

0.6

On time

Bus
0.4

Sam get coffee

0.1

Sam get no coffee

0.3

Sam get coffee

0.7

Sam get no coffee

Not on time

2. i) Find the probability that Sam gets a cup of coffee.

*
*

P(Sam gets a cup of coffee) =

P( Bus on time and Sam get coffee)
+ P(Bus not on time and Sam get coffee)
= 0.6*0.9 + 0.4*0.3 = 0.66
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2. ii) Given that Sam doesn't get a cup of coffee, Find the
probability that the bus is not on time.

Formula:
P(A/B)= P(A &B)/P(B)

P( Bus not on time /Sam get no coffee

=0.4*0.7 /(1-0.66) = 0.823

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2) The mean monthly rental prices, $x, for 9

apartments in a certain city are listed and are
summarized as follows.
( x c )= 1845
( x c ) 2 = 477450
The mean monthly rental prices is $2205.
i) Find the value of constant c.
We have,
Mean = ( x c ) / N + c
2205

=1845 / 9

+c

2205-205 = c
So, the value of constant c is 2000.
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ii) Find the variances of these values of x.

We have,
variance = ( x c ) 2 / N - {( x c ) / N}2
= 477450/ 9 - ( 1845/ 9) 2
= 53050 - 42025
=11025
So, the variance of these values of x is 11025.

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iii) Another apartment is added to the list. The mean

monthly rental price is now $ 2120.50. Find the rental
price of this additional apartment.
Let the rental price of the additional apartment be $ y.
We know,
2120.5 = 2205*9 + y*1 /10
Or , 21205 =19845 + y
y= 1360.
So the rental price of this additional department is $1360.
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4) The following are the maximum wind

speeds in kilometers per hour for the
first two weeks in April for two towns,
Bronlea and Rogate.
Bronlea 21

45

33

27

32

14

28

24

13

17

25

22

Rogate

15

23

11

13

26

18

23

16

10

34

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i) Draw a back to back stem and leaf

diagram to represent this information.
Bronlea

Rogate

6 3
0
(2)
4577
(4)
743
1 013568
(3)
(6)
875421
336
2
(6)
(3)
32 3
4
(2)
(1)
5 4
(1)
(0)
KEY : 3 | 1 | 0 means 13 Kph wind speed for Bronlea and 10
Kph wind speed for Rogate.

ii. A)Write down the median of the maximum

wind speed for Bronlea.
For Bronlea, n = 2+3+6+2+1=14
Now ,
Median = {n + 1 /2}th term
= (14 + 1 /2)th term
= 7 .5th term
The 7.5th term lies between 22 and 24 . So,
Median = (22 + 24) /2

= 23 Kph

So, the median of maximum wind speed for Bronlea is 23

Kph.
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ii B)find the interquartile range for Rogate.

For Rogate, n= 4+3+6+1+0=14
Number of items in first or second half = n/2 = 7
Now, Q1 = median of first half = {7+ 1 /2}th term
= 4th term
When we count fourth term from forward,

Q1 = 7 Kph

Again,
Q3 = median of second half = 4th term
While counting the fourth term backwards, Q3 = 23 kph
Therefore,

interquartile range = Q3 Q1
= 23 07

= 16 Kph

So, the interquartile range for Rogate is 16 Kph.

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iii)Make a comparison between the

maximum wind speeds in two towns by
using your diagram.

Comparison:
The maximum wind speed in Bronlea is more
than the maximum in Rogate in first two
weeks of April.
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5) The times taken by 57 athletes

to
run
100
meters
are
summarized in the following
cumulative frequency table.
Time
(Seconds)

<10.0

<10.5

<11.0

<12.0

<12.5

<13.5

Cumulative
frequency

10

40

49

57

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For constructing the histogram,

table is as below.
Time ( in
sec)

c.f.

Class
boundary

Frequency
density

<10.0

0-10

10

<10.5

10-10.5

0.5

<11.0

10

10.5-11

0.5

12

<12.0

40

11-12

30

30

<12.5

49

12-12.5

0.5

18

<13.5

57

12.5-13.5

18

35

30

25

20

frequency density
15

10

0
0-10.0

10.0-10.5

10.5-11.0

11.0-12.0

19
time ( in seconds)

12.0-12.5

12.5-13.5

i) State how many athletes ran 100

meters in a time between 10.5 and 11.0
seconds.
Time ( in
sec)

c.f.

Class
boundary

Frequency
density

<10.0

0-10

10

<10.5

10-10.5

0.5

<11.0

10

10.5-11

0.5

12

<12.0

40

11-12

30

30

<12.5

49

12-12.5

0.5

18

<13.5

57

12.5-13.5

Answer is 6.
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iii)Calculate the estimates of mean and

variance of the times taken by these
athletes.
For calculating mean and variance, table is given
below.
CB

FM

M2

FM2

9.0-10.0

9.5

90.25

10.0-10.5

10.25

41

105.06

420.25

10.5-11.0

10.75

64.5

115.56

693.38

11.0-12.0

30

11.5

345

132.25

3967.5

12.0-12.5

12.25

110.25

150.06

1350.56

12.5-13.5

13

104

169

1352

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From table,
N= 57, FM= 664.75 FM2 =7783.6875
So mean= 664.75/ 57 = 11.67
Again , variance= (7783.6875 / 57) - 11.67 2
=0.55

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6) The amounts spent by 160 shoppers

at a supermarket are summarized n the
following table:
Amount
spent ($x)

0<x30

30<x50

50<x70

70<x90

90<x140

No. of
shoppers

16

40

48

26

30

23

180

160

Q3
Q2

140

120

100

cumulative frequency

Q1

80

60

40

20

0
0

30

50

70

amount spent ( in $)

90

140

ii) Estimate the median and the

interquartile range of the amount spent.

From
No
of graph,
shoppers who went below $115= 145
Q1= 42
So,
Q2=who
60 spent over $115
No. of shoppers
Q3
=
82
= 160-145
Interquartile range= 82-42 = 40
=15
No of shoppers who went below $115= 145
So,
No. of shoppers who spent over $115
= 160-145
25
=15

iii) Estimate the no. of shoppers

who spent more than $115.
From the graph,
No of shoppers who went below $115= 145
So,
No. of shoppers who spent over $115
= 160-145
=15

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Amount Spent f
($x)

Cf

fm

0<x30

16

16

15

240

30<x50

40

56

40

1600

50<x70

48

104

60

2880

70<x90

26

130

80

2080

90<x140

30

160

115

3450

iv) Calculate an estimate of the mean

amount spent.
From the table,
fm= 10250, n= 160
So, mean = 10250/160 =$ 64.0625
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