Sample Problems 1. The following list of data represents highway fuel consumption in miles per gallon (mpg) for a random sample of 30 cars. Construct a grouped frequency table, histogram and frequency polygon for this data using five equal interval lengths and starting with the interval 13-20. 30,27,22,25,24,35,35,33,52,49,20,23,24,25,30,18,20,25,27,24,24,27,26,25,24,13,13, 21,28,37 mpg cae {3-20 gets TROT AL bones pe J \ a 13520 2 3-2 372M 45-52 Sntecval 2. Using the following frequency chart for ages of senators in the 95" Congress, calculate the mean, median and mode. Hint: you will need to calculate the midpoint for each class. ‘Age (yrs) Frequenc; Hidpornt 30-39 6 iw 40-49 26 44.5- 30-59 35 54.5, 60-69 21 64.5, 70-79 10 745 80-90 a Ei Totals 100 OMG hdl en mode = SHS “Pe B22 55.4 Nedin= BEd se = Glzsos Conidoist) ae Ose the So and SI mihomts median = 54,57 3. The Pro Football Encyclopedia gave the following ages for a random sample of football players. Calculate the mean, median and mode. 24,23,25,23,30,29,28,26,33,29,24,37,25,23,22,27,28,25,31,29,25,22,31,29,22,28,27, 26,23,21 Al, 2, 22, 22,23, 23,23, 23, 24,24,25, 25,25, 25,6, 26)27, 27, By 28,28) 24, 29,29, 24, 39) 31, 31, 33, 37 x median = 39H, 15.5 use # IS and [6 YRIGT a EB= 265 mode = 23, 25,29 median = 26 44, A reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin was doing a news article about car theft in Honolulu. For a given 10-day period, the police reported the following number of car thefts; 9,6,10,8,10,84,8,3.8 3/4, 6,3, 3,3, 8, J, 10,10 Calculate the mean, mode, and median. eee ome eer) 5. What is the mode for the following group of numbers: 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10,12,13 no m od e 6. Given the following grades for an entire cl fa Hint: Is this a sample or a population? 73, 99, 67, 67, 82, 86, 94, 87, 86, 82, 81, 67, 91, 73, and 50 Find the range: 99-50=49 Findthe 53,2 Findthe standard |, 377 ye Te isso variance: deviation: 33 qo XM 44 3 38 67 qi -12 a 13 #2 q 3 % Z a4 q , 37 3 Zz 4 g 2 74 3 $i 74 a 67 74 “i a 74 12 B 24 7% 50 "4 4 eo 2293 7. Given the following prices of a random sample of used homes (in thousands): Hint: Is this a sample or a population? 190,144,140,110,140,140,115,100,70, 100,80,200,140, 120,100,120,150 Find the range, varianee, and standard deviation Range. x x = os c fo | +e eS) 200-70 = 130 od Heir 3 as] 140 127 a aga Variance 10 \a7 140 137 3 pa Spe eee | (G5:o1 140 (a7 (3 164 ie us 127 72 ie : 10d 127 “27 i std dev es i oad 34.43 \ - = = 34 leg ee Se 2504 S=l3e,5 = aeQ 127, 73 53249 14Q i27 13 \G9 He 127 “4 Sa 5 ge 27 a3 734 135 1329 <4 120 27 33 5a TSO W89et8. Normal Distribution Curve: ‘What percentage of area under the normal curve lies: a. tothe left ofp 50% b. between p-oand pio 63% between p-30 and pt3 - i acer pert 1 Cla 7 9. Assuming that the heights of college women are normally distributed, with a mean of ~$ 65 inches and standard deviation of 2.5 inches answer the following questions. < a. What percentage of women are taller than 65 inches? XN & 50% [ike is 6s eS b. What percentage of women are shorter than 65 inches? 1 Bo S 507. All 5 S. ZINA x c. What percentage of women are between 62.5 inches and 67.5 inches? a § 6% z= FOF 67.5 d. What percentage of women are between 60 inches and 70 inches? NZ istddey etd dev 45 “% — WW i 10. Usi y . ‘an 60. Mae |. Using the given population mean and standard deviation calculate the Z-scoré for x? > / tad a. 14, 0-3, x=20 20-14 _ ree, (Zen meavnas ol, b. W=140, o=15, x=125 tas -l4o -| isi Z c. p=32, 6=13, x=10 32 ee Oi a ze 2" _ -], 64 es11. Using the given Normal Distribution Curve and assuming that the scores for the final exam in Math 114 are normally distributed with a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 10 answer the following questions. a, What percentage of students score above 75? 50To b. What percentage of students scored below 75? 50% c. What percentage of students scored between 65 and 85? 6% Zo 4, What percentage of students scored between 55 and 95? oe: e. 1f65 is passing , what percentage of students passed the exam? BH + 50% = ZO 0 Cr) £ Ifthe tp 15% ofthe students get A's, what isthe cutoff sore forma? 75 : up aren of 85" In body cf table ho find -2- oe \5% Reece t's the Closest valve ao Z= Je04 04 = X=ze ZONTS: Given the following 2/somres onta standard nacinal dixeiouton| Rl nacre the total area under the standard normal curve. a. areato the left of z= 1.45 92,65 7 b. area to the right of 2 =-0.13 jul |- 4483 = 5577 Dom eo>) 4433 ¢. area between z = 1.37 and z = 2.98 6 9996-. WAT = .0939 :39%) eae. 13. Ashley earned an 89 on her History midterm. ae an 81 on her Math midterm. In the History class the mean score was an 82 with a standard deviation of 5. In the Math class the mean score was 76 with a standard deviation of 3. a. Convert each score to a standard Loonies BARB 31-26 | History > 64 Math a ale? se og ——+—_t++— b. Onwhich test did she do better compared to the rest of the class? Explain. O H M She did better on her math test In history she did better than 442% of the class and tn Prath she dtd better than 95.85% of 7 the class.