A student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on a road for 100 periods each of 3 minute

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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 cars	Frequency
0 -10	7
10-20	14
20-30	13
30- 40	12
40-50	20
50-60	11
60- 70	15
70-80	8

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

Age (in years)	5-15	15-25	25-35	35- 45	45-55	55-65
Number of patients	6	11	21	23	14	5

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

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

Lifetime (in hours)	0-20	20-40	40-60	60- 80	80-100	100-120
Frequency	10	35	52	61	38	29

Determine the modal lifetimes of the components.

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Expenditure (in Rs.)	Number of families
1000-1500	24
1500-2000	40
2000- 2500	33
2500-3000	28
3000-3500	30
3500- 4000	22
4000-4500	16
4500-5000	7

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No of students per teacher	$\dfrac{Number of states} {U.T}$
15-20	3
20-25	8
25- 30	9
30-35	10
35-40	3
40-45	0
45- 50	0
50-55	2

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Run Scored	Number of Batsman
3000-4000	4
4000-5000	18
5000- 6000	9
6000-7000	7
7000-8000	6
8000- 9000	3
9000-10000	1
10000-11000	1

Find the mode of the data.

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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 cars	Frequency
0 -10	7
10-20	14
20-30	13
30- 40	12
40-50	20
50-60	11
60- 70	15
70-80	8

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