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CBSE 10th Maths - Statistics- Exercise 14.2

Question 1 The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted to a hospital during a year:

Age (in years)5-1515-2525-3535- 4545-5555-65
Number of patients6112123145

Find the mode and the mean of the data given above. Compare and interpret the two measures of central tendency.
Solution:

To find out the modal class, let us the consider the class interval with high frequency.

Here, the greatest frequency = 23, so the modal class = 35 – 45,

Lower limit of modal class = l = 35,

class width (h) = 10,

$f_m$ = 23,

$f_{1}$ = 21 and $f_{2}$ = 14

The formula to find the mode is

Mode = $l + [ \dfrac{(f_m – f_{1})}{(2f_m – f_{1} – f_{2})}] × h$

Substitute the values in the formula, we get

Mode = 35+$[\dfrac{(23-21)}{(46-21-14)}]$×10

= 35 + $\dfrac{20}{11}$

= 35 + 1.8

= 36.8 years

So the mode of the given data = 36.8 years

Calculation of Mean:

First find the midpoint using the formula, $x_{i} = \dfrac{(upper \: limit + lower \: limit)}{2}$

Class IntervalFrequency $(f_{i})$Mid-point $(x_{i})$$f_{i}x_{i}$
5-1561060
15-251120220
25-352130630
35-452340920
45-551450700
55-65560300
Sum $f_i$ = 80Sum $f_{i}x_{i}$ = 2830

The mean formula is

Mean =$ \overline{x} = \dfrac{∑f_{i}x_{i} }{∑f_{i}}$

= $\dfrac{2830}{80}$

= 35.375 years

Therefore, the mean of the given data = 35.375 years

Question 2 The following data gives the information on the observed lifetimes (in hours) of 225 electrical components:

Lifetime (in hours) 0-2020-4040-6060- 8080-100100-120
Frequency 103552613829

Determine the modal lifetimes of the components.
Solution:

From the given data the modal class is 60–80.

Lower limit of modal class = l = 60,

The frequencies are:

$f_m$ = 61,$ f_{1}$ = 52, $f_{2}$ = 38 and h = 20

The formula to find the mode is

Mode =$ l+ [\dfrac{(f_m – f_{1})}{(2f_m – f_{1} – f_{2})}] × h$

Substitute the values in the formula, we get

Mode = 60 + $[\dfrac{(61 – 52)}{(122 – 52 – 38)}]$ × 20

Mode = 60 + $[\dfrac{(9 × 20)}{32}]$

Mode = 60 + $(\dfrac{45}{8})$ = 60 + 5.625

Therefore, modal lifetime of the components = 65.625 hours.

Question 3 The following data gives the distribution of total monthly household expenditure of 200 families of a village. Find the modal monthly expenditure of the families. Also, find the mean monthly expenditure:
Expenditure (in Rs.)Number of families
1000-150024
1500-200040
2000- 250033
2500-300028
3000-350030
3500- 400022
4000-450016
4500-50007

Solution:

Given data:

Modal class = 1500-2000,

l = 1500,

Frequencies:

$f_m$ = 40 $f_{1}$ = 24, $f_{2}$ = 33 and

h = 500

Mode formula:

Mode = $l + [\dfrac{(f_m – f_{1})}{(2f_m – f_{1} – f_{2})}] × h$

Substitute the values in the formula, we get

Mode = 1500 + $[\dfrac{(40 – 24)}{(80 – 24 – 33)}]$ × 500

Mode = 1500 + $[\dfrac{(16 × 500)}{23}]$

Mode = 1500 + $\dfrac{8000}{23}$ = 1500 + 347.83

Therefore, modal monthly expenditure of the families = Rupees 1847.83

Calculation for mean:

First find the midpoint using the formula, $x_{i} =\dfrac{(upper \: limit + lower \: limit)}{2}$

Let us assume a mean, (a) be 2750.

Class Interval$f_i$$x_i$$d_{i} = x_{i} – a$$u_{i} =\dfrac{ d_{i}}{h}$$f_{i}x_{i}$
1000-1500241250-1500-3-72
1500-2000401750-1000-2-80
2000-2500332250-500-1-33
2500-3000282750 = a000
3000-3500303250500130
3500-40002237501000244
4000-45001642501500348
4500-5000747502000428
$f_i$=200$f_iu_i$ = -35

The formula to calculate the mean,

Mean = $\overline{x} = a +(\dfrac{∑f_iu_i}{∑f_i}) × h$

Substitute the values in the given formula

= 2750 + $(\dfrac{-35}{200})$ × 500

= 2750 – 87.50

= 2662.50

So, the mean monthly expenditure of the families = Rs. 2662.50

Question 4 The following distribution gives the state-wise teacher-student ratio in higher secondary schools of India. Find the mode and mean of this data. Interpret the two measures

No of students per teacher$\dfrac{Number of states} {U.T}$
15-203
20-258
25- 309
30-3510
35-403
40-450
45- 500
50-552

Solution:

Given data:

Modal class = 30 – 35,

l = 30,

Class width (h) = 5,

$f_m$ = 10, $f_{1}$ = 9 and $f_{2}$ = 3

Mode Formula:

Mode = $l + [\dfrac{(f_m – f_{1})}{(2f_m – f_{1} – f_{2})}] × h$

Substitute the values in the given formula

Mode = 30 + $[\dfrac{(10 – 9)}{(20 – 9 – 3)}]$ × 5

= 30 + $(\dfrac{5}{8})$

= 30 + 0.625

= 30.625

Therefore, the mode of the given data = 30.625

Calculation of mean:

Find the midpoint using the formula, $x_{i} =\dfrac{(upper \: limit + lower \: limit)}{2}$

Class IntervalFrequency $(f_{i})$Mid-point $(x_{i})$$f_{i}x_{i}$
15-20317.552.5
20-25822.5180.0
25-30927.5247.5
30-351032.5325.0
35-40337.5112.5
40-45042.50
45-50047.50
50-55252.5105.0
Sum $f_i$ = 35Sum $f_{i}x_{i}$=1022.5

Mean = $\overline{x} = \dfrac{∑f_{i}x_{i}}{∑f_{i}}$

= $\dfrac{1022.5}{35}$

= 29.2 (approx)

Therefore, mean = 29.2

Question 5 The given distribution shows the number of runs scored by some top batsmen of the world in one- day international cricket matches.

Run ScoredNumber of Batsman
3000-40004
4000-500018
5000- 60009
6000-70007
7000-80006
8000- 90003
9000-100001
10000-110001

Find the mode of the data.
Solution:

Given data:

Modal class = 4000 – 5000,

l = 4000,

class width (h) = 1000,

$f_m$ = 18, $f_{1}$ = 4 and $f_{2}$ = 9

Mode Formula:

Mode = $l + [\dfrac{(f_m – f_{1})}{(2f_m – f_{1} – f_{2})}] × h$

Substitute the values

Mode = 4000 + $[\dfrac{(18 – 4)}{(36 – 4 – 9)}]$ × 1000

= 4000 + $(\dfrac{14000}{23})$

= 4000 + 608.695

= 4608.695

= 4608.7 (approximately)

Thus, the mode of the given data is 4608.7 runs.

Question 6 A student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100 periods each of 3 minutes and summarized it in the table given below. Find the mode of the data:

Number of carsFrequency
0 -107
10-2014
20-3013
30- 4012
40-5020
50-6011
60- 7015
70-808

Solution:

Given Data:

Modal class = 40 – 50, l = 40,

Class width (h) = 10, $f_m$ = 20, $f_{1}$ = 12 and $f_{2}$ = 11

Mode =$ l + [\dfrac{(f_m – f_{1})}{(2f_m – f_{1} – f_{2})}] × h$

Substitute the values

Mode = 40 + $[\dfrac{(20 – 12)}{(40 – 12 – 11)}]$ × 10

= 40 + $(\dfrac{80}{17})$

= 40 + 4.7

= 44.7

Thus, the mode of the given data is 44.7 cars.

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