Question 7

The weights to the nearest kilogram, of a group of 50 students in a College of Technology are given below:

65, 70, 60, 46, 51, 55, 59, 63, 68, 53, 47, 53, 72, 53, 67, 62, 64, 70, 57, 56, 73, 56, 48, 51, 58, 63, 65, 62, 49, 64, 53, 59, 63, 50, 48, 72, 67, 56, 61, 64, 66, 52, 49, 62, 71, 58, 53, 69, 63, 59.

(a) Prepare a grouped fraquency table with class intervals 45 - 49, 50 - 54, 55 - 59 etc.

(b) Using an assumed mean of 62 or otherwise, calculate the mean and standard deviation of the grouped data, correct to one decimal place.

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Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Mathematics
Year
1990
Question no.
#7
Type
Theory

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