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Question 133

The distances travelled by 100 people to an event, recorded to the nearest mile, are summarised in the table below.

Distance (nearest mile)Frequency
0–94
10–1919
20–2941
30–3926
40–499
50–591

You may use ∑fx=2650\sum fx = 2650∑fx=2650 and ∑fx2=80 425\sum fx^2 = 80\,425∑fx2=80425, where the values of x x\,x are the class midpoints.

a.

Use linear interpolation to estimate the median distance.

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b.

Estimate the mean distance.

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c.

Estimate the standard deviation of the distances.

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