Statistics
Exercise 13.1
1. A survey was conducted by a group of students as a part of their environment awareness programme, in which they collected the following data regarding the number of plants in 20 houses in a locality. Find the mean number of plants per house.
| Number of Plants | 0 – 2 | 2 – 4 | 4 – 6 | 6 – 8 | 8 – 10 | 10 – 12 | 12 – 14 |
| Number of houses | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Which method did you use for finding the mean, and why?
2. Consider the following distribution of daily wages of 50 workers of a factory.
| Daily wages (in Rs) | 500 – 520 | 520 – 540 | 540 – 560 | 560 – 580 | 580 – 600 |
| Number of workers | 12 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
Find the mean daily wages of the workers of the factory by using an appropriate method.
3. The following distribution shows the daily pocket allowance of children of a locality. The mean pocket allowance is Rs 18. Find the missing frequency f.
| Daily pocket allowance (in Rs) | 11 – 13 | 13 – 15 | 15 – 17 | 17 – 19 | 19 – 21 | 21 – 23 | 23 – 25 |
| Number of children | 7 | 6 | 9 | 13 | f | 5 | 4 |
4. Thirty women were examined in a hospital by a doctor and the number of heartbeats per minute were recorded and summarised as follows. Find the mean heartbeats per minute for these women, choosing a suitable method.
| Number of heartbeats per minute | 65 – 68 | 68 – 71 | 71 – 74 | 74 – 77 | 77 – 80 | 80 – 83 | 83 – 86 |
| Number of women | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 |