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940 Chapter 29 Statistics and probability distributions

The number of measurements made is6 +9+3+7+4 = 29. So,

mean =x= 110

29 = 3.79

Example 29.4 illustratesageneralprinciple.

If valuesx 1

,x 2

,...,x n

occur with frequencies f 1

, f 2

,..., f n

then

xi f

x = ∑ i

fi

EXERCISES29.5

1 Engineersinadesigndepartmentareassessedbytheir

leader. A ‘0’is ‘Terrible’ anda‘5’is‘Outstanding’.

The29 members ofthe department are evaluated and

their scores recorded asfollows:

score 0 1 2 3 4 5

number ofstaff 2 5 6 9 4 3

Calculate the meanoutputvoltage.

4 Thecurrent, in amps,through aresistor is measured

140 times. The resultsare:

current(amps) 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00 3.25

number of 32 27 39 22 20

measurements

Whatis the meanscore forthe wholedepartment?

2 Two samples ofnailsare taken.Thefirst sample has

12nailswith ameanlength of2.7cm, the second

sample has 20nailswith a meanlength of2.61 cm.

Whatis the meanlength ofall32nails?

3 Theoutput,in volts, from asystem is measured40

times. Theresults are recorded asfollows:

voltage(volts) 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5

number of 6 14 8 7 5

measurements

Calculate the meancurrent through the resistor.

5 Inacommunication network, packets ofinformation

travel alonglines. The numberoflinesusedby each

packet variesaccording to the following table:

number oflinesused 1 2 3 4 5

number ofpackets 17 54 32 6 1

Calculate the meannumber oflinesusedperpacket.

Solutions

1 2.586

2 2.64

4 2.70

5 2.27

3 10.39

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