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Data Analysis, SM-Bank 015

A policeman is recording the speed of 25 cars travelling on a highway using a speed gun.

The results are shown in the stem-and-leaf plot.

  1. What is the median speed?  (1 mark)

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  2. What is the range of the speeds?  (1 mark)

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a.   `119\ text(km/hr)`

b.  `49\ text(km/hr)`

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a.   `25\ text(data points)`

`text(Median is the 13th data point)`

`:.\ text(Median) = 119\ text(km/hr)`
 

b.   `text(Range)` `= text(Highest) \ – \ text(Lowest)`
    `= 139\ – \ 90`
    `=49\ text(km/hr)`

 

Filed Under: Data Analysis Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4224-10-Range, smc-4224-20-Median, smc-4224-40-Stem and Leaf

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