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2012 WAEC Mathematics Theory Class Interval Frequency 60 - 64 2 65 - 69 3 70 - 74 6...

Mathematics
WAEC 2012

Class

Interval

Frequency
60 - 64 2
65 - 69 3
70 - 74 6
75 - 79 11
80 - 84 8
85 - 89 7
90 - 94 2
95 - 99 1

The table shows the distribution of marks scored by students in an examination. Calculate, correct to 2 decimal places, the

(a) mean ; (b) standard deviation of the distribution.

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Explanation

Class

Interval

Freq

(f)

Mid-point

(x)

\(fx\) \(x^{2}\) \(fx^{2}\)
60 - 64 2 62 124 3844 7688
65 - 69 3 67 201 4489 13487
70 - 74 6 72 432 5184 31104
75 - 79 11 77 847 5929 65219
80 - 84 8 82 656 6724 53792
85 - 89 7 87 609 7569 52983
90 - 94 2 92 184 8464 16928
95 - 99 1 97 97 9409 9409
\(\sum\) 40   3150   250590

(a) Mean \(\bar{x} = \frac{\sum fx}{\sum f}\)

= \(\frac{3150}{40}\)

= 78.75

(b) \(SD = \sqrt{\frac{\sum fx^{2}}{\sum f} - (\frac{\sum fx}{\sum f})^{2}}\)

= \(\sqrt{\frac{250590}{40} - (\frac{3150}{40})^{2}}\)

= \(\sqrt{6264.75 - (78.75)^{2}}\)

= \(\sqrt{6264.75 - 6201.5625}\)

= \(\sqrt{63.1875}\)

= 7.95.

 


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