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Let’s Analyze
B. Solve the following problems.
1. A small company of the manager, the administrative assistant, the salesperson, and
two technicians whose monthly salaries are listed below. Assume that this is the
entire population, compute the mean, the median, and the mode. Which of these
measures would best represents the salary of workers?

Staff Salary
Manager Php 50,000.00
Administrative Asst 20,000.00
Salesperson 12,000.00
Technician 9,000.00
Technician 9,000.00

50,000 20,000 12,000 9,000 9,000

Mean:
50,000 + 20,000 + 12,000 + 9,000 + 9,000 100,000
x= =
5 5
x = 20,000

Median:
= 12,000

Mode:
Mo = 9,000

The median of P12,000 best represents the salary of workers.

2. A salesperson records the following daily expenditures (in Php) during a 10-day trip.

185.34 234.55 211.86 147.65 205.60

216.74 1345.75 184.16 320.45 88.12

In your opinion, does the mean or the median of the expenditures best represent the
salesperson’s average daily expenditure? Explain your reasoning.

I think the median of the expenditures best represent the

salesperson’s average daily expenditure because as you can see on the
data there are outliers which are 1345.75 and 88.12. These two numbers are
far away from the rest of the data and if there are outliers in the data the
best measure of central tendency is the median.

C. Solve the following problems.

1. The Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific 2017 Championship result is shown on table below.
Compute the range and standard deviation of the top 10 fastest time.

Athlete Time

Reed, Tim 3:54:07

Mendez, Mauricio 3:56:46
Fisher, Ryan 4:00:20
Berkel, Tim 4:02:31
Mcmahon, Brent 4:05:24
Millward, Callum 4:10:20
Williams, Brad 4:19:55
Watson, Eric 4:23:30
Cosulich, Timothy 4:26:54
Watkinson, Amelia 4:29:17
 We will first convert the time into seconds so that we have the same unit for
all the data.
Time In seconds
3:54:07 14047
3:56:46 14206
4:00:20 14420
4:02:31 14551
4:05:24 14724
4:10:20 15020
4:19:55 15595
4:23:30 15810
4:26:54 16014
4:29:17 16157

Range = HV – LV
HV = 16157
LV = 14047
Range = 16157 – 14047
Range = 2110 or 00:35:10

Time (in
seconds)
(x) (x –x) (x – x)2

14047 -1007.4 1014854.76

14206 -848.4 719782.56

14420 -634.4 402463.36

14551 -503.4 253411.56

14724 -330.4 109164.16

15020 -34.4 1183.36

15595 540.6 292248.36

15810 755.6 570931.36

 16014 959.6 920832.16

16157 1102.6 1215726.76

∑ = 150544 ∑( – x)2 = 5500598.4

Mean:
150544
= = 15054.4
10

Variance:

s2 = ∑( – )2 = 5500598.4
n-1 10 - 1
s2 = 611177.6

Standard Deviation:

s= ∑( – )2 = 611177.6 = 781.7784853
n-1

Therefore, the range of the top 10 fastest time is 00:35:10 and its
standard deviation is 781.7784853 s or 00:13:17.784852.

4. A mountain climber plans to buy some rope to use as a lifeline. Which of the following
would be the better choice? Explain why you think your choice is the better choice.

Rope A: Mean breaking strength: 500 lb; standard deviation of 100 lb

Rope B: Mean breaking strength: 500 lb; standard deviation of 10 lb

I think the better choice would be the Rope B because it has less
standard deviation which means that it has more high consistency.
D. Solve the following problems.
1. A national secondary achievement test is administered annually to high school
students. The test has a mean score of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. If Peter’s
z-score is 1.20, what was her score on the test?

z = (X - μ) / σ

where z is the z-score, X is the value of the element, μ is the mean of the
population, and σ is the standard deviation.

X = (z x σ) + 100 = (1.20 x 15) + 100 = 18 + 100 = 118

Peter’s score is 118.

2. On a reading test, Amelia’s score of 455 was higher than the scores of 4256 of the
7210 students who took the test. Find the percentile, rounded to the nearest percent,
for Amelia’s score.

Amelia’s score of 455

Percentile of Amelia’s score = (Number of data values) + 0.5 x 100

Total number data values
= 4256 + 0.5 x 100
7210
= 59.03606103
Percentile of Amelia’s score = 59 percentile

E. Solve the following problems.

6. A survey of 1000 men ages 20 to 30 found that their heights were normally
distributed, with a mean of 65 in. and a standard deviation of 2.5 in.

Use the empirical rule of a normal distribution, approximately

 68% of the data lie within 1 standard deviation of the mean.
95% of the data lie within 2 standard deviations of the mean.
99.7% of the data lie within 3 standard deviations of the mean.

a. How many of the men have a height that is within 1 standard deviation of the
mean?
There are 68% of men with a height that is within 1 standard deviation of
the mean.

Number of men with a height that is within 1 standard deviation of the

mean
= 1000 x 0.68
= 680
There are 680 men with a height that is within 1 standard deviation of the
mean.

b. How many of the men have a height that is between 60 in. and 70 in?
The 60 in. is in 2 standard deviations below the mean and the 70 in. is in 2
standard deviations above the mean. Therefore, there are 95% of men with a
height that is between 60 in. and 70 in.
Number of men with a height that is within 1 standard deviation of the
mean
= 1000 x 0.95
= 950
There are 950 men with a height that is between 60 in. and 70 in.

7. The City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) study of 8000 vehicles
that passed the diversion highway found that their speeds were normally distributed,
with a mean of 61 mph and a standard deviation of 7 mph.

Use the empirical rule of a normal distribution, approximately

 68% of the data lie within 1 standard deviation of the mean.
95% of the data lie within 2 standard deviations of the mean.
99.7% of the data lie within 3 standard deviations of the mean.

a. How many of the vehicles had a speed of more than 68 mph?

The 68 mph is 1 standard deviation above the mean. The percent of the
vehicles that has a speed more than 68 mph is 16%.
[(100 -68) / 2] = 16
8000 x 0.16 = 1280
There are 1280 vehicles had a speed of more than 68 mph.

b. How many of the vehicles had a speed of less than 40 mph?

The 40 mph is 3 standard deviations below the mean. The percent of the
vehicles that has a speed less than 40 mph is 15%.
[(100 -99.7) / 2] = 0.15
8000 x 0.0015 = 12
There are 12 vehicles had a speed of less than 40 mph.