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2019 WAEC Mathematics Theory The ages of a group of athletes are as follows: 18, 16. 18,20, 17, 16,...

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WAEC 2019

The ages of a group of athletes are as follows: 18, 16. 18,20, 17, 16, 19, 17, 18, 17 and 13. (a) Find the range of the distribution.

(b) Draw a frequency distribution table for the data.

(c) What is the median age?

(d) Calculate, correct to two decimal places, the;

(i) mean age:

(ii) standard deviation.

 

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Explanation

(a) The range;  20 - 15 = 5.

(b) They drew the frequency distribution table as

\(\sum\) f = 11\(\sum\) fx = 191         \(\sum\)f\(^2\) = 3337

Age(x) Tally

Freq

(f)

    

  Com.

Freq

fx fx\(^2\)

15

16

17

18

19

20

I

II

III

III

I

I

1

2

3

3

1

1

 

1

3

6

9

10

11

15

32

51

54

19

20

225

512

867

972

361

400

 

(c) Median age as 17.

(d)(i) Mean = \(\frac{\sum fx}{\sum f}\) = \(\frac{191}{11}\) = 17.3636

 

(d)(ii). The standard deviation was \(\sqrt{\frac{2227}{11} - (\frac{191}{11})^2}\)

= \(\sqrt{1.8677}\) = 1.37(correct to two decimal places)

 


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