Tutorial Sheet : 1

Course Code : BMAT202L

Course Title : Probability and Statistics

Module 1: Introduction to Statistics

Easy:
1. Calculate the arithmetic mean for the following data:

Intervals 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70

Frequency 8 26 30 20 16

Solution: 46

2. If the arithmetic mean of the data given below be 165 rupees, find the missing term.

Monthly wages in Rs. 100 150 200 ? 300 500

No. of labourers 30 20 15 10 4 1

Solution: 250

3. The mean of 200 observations was 50. Later on, it was discovered that two observations were
wrongly read as 92 and 8 instead of 192 and 88. Find the correct mean.

Solution: 50.9

4. The number of books issued on the consecutive days from a library are 75, 80, 96, 92, 89, 94,
100, 82, 63, 105.

Solution: 90.5

5. Calculate mode for the following:

CI f CI f
0-50 5 250-300 87
50-100 14 300-350 60
100-150 40 350-400 38
150-200 91 400 & above 15
200-250 150
 Solution: 224.1803

6. The least score of a cricket player of the school team is 5 runs in a series of 10 matches. If his
range of scores is 87, find his highest score in the series.

Solution: 92

7. Find the Quartile Deviation for the following data:

391, 384, 591, 407, 672, 522, 777, 733, 1490, 2488.

Solution: Q 1 = 403, Q 3 = 276.125

8. Calculate mean deviation about median and state which series is more variable:

Series A 100 150 300 200 400 350 800

Series B 50 20 40 45 25 30 15

Solution: Hint: Calculate coefficient of M.D about median to compare the series.

9. Compute standard deviation from the following data:

Marks 10 20 30 40 50 60
No. of students 8 12 20 10 7 3

Solution: 13.45

10. Find the standard deviation of the following data 5, 10, 15, 20, 25. Add 3 to each item and find
the new standard deviation.

p
Solution: 5 2

11. In a moderately asymmetrical distribution, the values of mode and mean are 32.1 and 35.4
respectively. Find the median value.

Solution: Hint: Use empirical formula.

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Moderate:
1. Comment on the performance of the students in three universities given below using simple and
weighted averages:

Solution: Hint: Find the arithmetic mean and weighted arithmetic mean of each university
to compare the performance.

2. Following are the daily wages of workers in a textile. Find the median.

Wages (in Rs.) No. of workers Wages (in Rs.) No. of workers
Less than 100 5 Less than 600 45
Less than 200 12 Less than 700 52
Less than 300 20 Less than 800 60
Less than 400 32 Less than 900 68
Less than 500 40 Less than 1000 75

Solution: 468.75

3. In a certain factory, a unit of work is completed by A in 4 minutes, by B in 5 minutes, by C in 6

minutes, by D in 10 minutes and by E in 12 minutes.

(a) What is the average number of units of work completed per minute?
(b) At this rate, how many units will they complete in a six-hour day?

Solution: Hint: (a) H.M = 6.25 (b) 288

4. The mean salary paid to 1000 employees of an establishment was found to be Rs. 180.40. Later
on, after disbursement of salary, it was discovered that the salary of two employees were wrongly
entered as Rs. 297 and Rs. 165. Their correct salaries were Rs. 197 and Rs. 185. Find the correct
arithmetic mean.

Solution: Rs. 180.32

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5. Weekly wages of labourers are given below. Calculate Q.D. and coefficient of Q.D.

Weekly wages (Rs.) 100 200 400 500 600

No. of weeks 5 8 21 12 6

Solution: Q 1 = 250, Q 3 = 125, Q.D = 125, Coefficient of Q.D. = 0.3333

6. The daily temperature recorded in a city in Russia in a year is given below:

Temperature C ◦ No. of days

-40 to -30 10
-30 to -20 18
-20 to -10 30
-10 to 0 42
0 to 10 65
10 to 20 180
20 to 30 20

Calculate standard deviation.

Solution: 14.26◦ C

7. The mean and standard deviation of a sample of 10 items were calculated as 5 and 2. Later on
it was found that one item ’8’ was misread as 4. Find out correct mean and standard deviation.

Solution: Correct mean = 5.4, Correct S.D = 2.15

8. The following are the marks obtained by two students in six tests conducted for 100 marks:

A 58 64 60 65 76 52
B 56 87 89 48 93 65

Find who is more consistent in his performance.

Solution: Hint: Calculate C.V to compare the consistency.

9. The marks obtained by 70 students in an examination are grouped as follows:

Marks No. of students

0-10 4
10-20 8
20-30 10
30-40 25
40-50 7
50-60 16

Calculate

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 a) The marks at the first quartile.
b) The marks at the third quartile.
c) The appropriate number of students who failed in the examination if the pass marks are
considered to be 40%.

Solution: Hint: Calculate Q 1 , Q 3 .

10. The price of a commodity increased by 5% from 2004 to 2005, 8% from 2005 to 2006 and 77%
from 2006 to 2007. Calculate the average increase from 2004 to 2007.

Solution: Hint: Calculate G.M.

11. An aeroplane flies along the four sides of a square at speeds of 100, 200, 300 and 400 kilometres
per hour respectively. What is the average speed of the plane in its flight around the square?

Solution: Hint: Calculate H.M.

Hard:
1. A company wants to pay bonus to workers. The bonus is to be paid as given in the below table:

Weekly salary (Rs.) Bonus (Rs.)

300 but not exceeding 400 100
400 but not exceeding 500 120
500 but not exceeding 600 140
600 but not exceeding 700 160
700 but not exceeding 800 180
800 but not exceeding 900 200
900 but not exceeding 1000 220
1000 but not exceeding 1100 240

Actual salary drawn by the workers is given below: 325, 378, 420, 620, 455, 620, 660, 630, 725,
863, 832, 942, 952, 800, 1002, 1028, 1100, 610, 625, 763, 382, 540, 463, 578, 723, 690.
How much the company would need to pay by way of bonus? What will be the average bonus
paid for member of the staff?

Solution: Rs. 4200, Rs. 168

2. For the data given below, given the quartile deviation and coefficient of quartile deviation.

x 351-500 501-650 651-800 801-950 951-1100

f 48 189 88 4 28

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 Solution: Q 1 = 541.7698, Q 3 = 757.8863, Q.D = 108.0582, Coefficient of Q.D. = 0.1663

3. In two factories A and B located in the same industrial area, the average weekly wages (in
rupees) and the standard deviations are as follows:

Factory Average S.D No. of workers

A 34.5 5 476
B 28.5 4.5 524

a) Which factory A or B pays out a larger amount as weekly wages?

b) Which factory A or B has greater variability in individual wages?

Solution: Hint: a) Compare total wages paid by factory A and B b) Find coefficient of
variation to compare the variability

4. The sum of deviations from a certain number of observations measured from 14 is 275 and the
sum of observations of the same value from 19 is -225. Find mean and number of observations.

Solution: n = 100, x̄ = 16.75

5. Students of a statistics class obtained the following marks in a class test. Mean marks of all the
students is 18. Find the missing frequency.

Classes No. of students

11-13 3
13-15 6
15-17 9
17-19 13
19-21 ?
21-23 5
23-25 4

Solution: 8

6. A firm is in the business of software development. On many occasions it outsources solutions.

Last year, it made the following payments for outsourcing:

Payments made (in Rs.) No. of persons

0-1000 3
0-2000 8
0-3000 17
0-4000 40
0-5000 61
0-6000 80
0-7000 93
0-8000 100

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 Calculate median payment per person.

Solution: 4476.19

7. Find missing frequency from the following data:

Class Frequency
0-10 4
10-20 16
20-30 ?
30-40 ?
40-50 ?
50-60 6
60-70 4

Given, the total frequency is 230, median is 33.5 and mode is 34.

Solution: 60, 100, 40

8. Verify the relationship between A.M, G.M and H.M for the following data:

X f
0-10 5
10-20 10
20-30 25
30-40 30
40-50 20
50-60 10

Solution: Hint: Calculate A.M, G.M and H.M and verify the property A.M ≥ G.M ≥ H.M.

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