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Students investigated the prices in dollars $ of 1 litre bottles of a certain drink at 24 shops in a town and at 16 shops in surrounding villages. Denoting the town prices by t and the village prices by v, the students' data are summarised by the totals Σt-1.1=1.44 and Σv-1.2=0.56.

Find the mean price of 1 litre of this drink at all the shops at which the students collected their data.

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Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency

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AS and A Level
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The masses, x kg, of 12 objects are such that x¯=0.475. Find the value of Σ1000x and state what it represents.

carats, given that 1 carat is equivalent to 200 milligrams

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AS and A Level
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The total mass of gold extracted from a mine is denoted by Σx, which is measured in grams. Find an expression in x for the total mass in:

carats, given that 1 carat is equivalent to 200 milligrams

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The total mass of gold extracted from a mine is denoted by Σx, which is measured in grams. Find an expression in x for the total mass in:

kilograms.

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
The area of land used for growing wheat in a region is denoted by Σw hectares. Find an expression in w for the total area in square kilometres, given that 1 hectare is equivalent to 10000 m2.
EASY
AS and A Level
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Speeds, measured in metres per second, are denoted by x. Find the constant k such that kx denotes the speeds in kilometres per hour.
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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The wind speeds, x miles per hour mph, were measured at a coastal location at midday on 40 consecutive days and are presented in the following table.

Speed x mph 15x<17 17x<20 20x<24 24x<25
No. days f 9 13 14 4

Abel wishes to calculate an estimate of the mean wind speed in kilometres per hour km/h. He knows that a distance of 5 miles is approximately equal to 8 km.

Explain how Abel can calculate his estimate without converting the given boundary values from miles per hour to kilometres per hour.

EASY
AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

The wind speeds, x miles per hour mph, were measured at a coastal location at midday on 40 consecutive days and are presented in the following table.

Speed x mph 15x<17 17x<20 20x<24 24x<25
No. days f 9 13 14 4

Abel wishes to calculate an estimate of the mean wind speed in kilometres per hour km/h. He knows that a distance of 5 miles is approximately equal to 8 km.

Use the wind speeds in mph to estimate the mean wind speed in km/h.

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Given that 15 values of x are such that Σ3x-2=528, find x¯ and find the value of b such that Σ0.5x-b=138.