1. The following frequency distribution gives the monthly consumption of electricity of 68 consumers of a locality. Find the median, mean and mode of the data and compare them.
Let the assumed mean be a = 130 and h = 20
Class |
Number of consumers |
Cumulative Frequency |
Class mark
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65-85 | 4 | 4 | 70 | -60 | -3 | -12 |
85-105 | 5 | 9 | 90 | -40 | -2 | -10 |
105-125 | 13 | 22 | 110 | -20 | -1 | -13 |
125-145 | 20 | 42 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
145-165 | 14 | 56 | 150 | 20 | 1 | 14 |
165-185 | 8 | 64 | 170 | 40 | 2 | 16 |
185-205 | 4 | 68 | 190 | 60 | 3 | 12 |
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= 68 |
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= 7 |
MEDIAN:
Median class = 125-145; Cumulative Frequency = 42; Lower limit, l = 125;
c.f. = 22; f = 20; h = 20
Thus, the median of the data is 137
MODE:
The class having maximum frequency is the modal class.
The maximum frequency is 20 and hence the modal class = 125-145
Lower limit (l) of modal class = 125, class size (h) = 20
Frequency () of the modal class = 20; frequency () of class preceding the modal class = 13, frequency () of class succeeding the modal class = 14.
Thus, Mode of the data is 135.76
MEAN:
Mean,
Thus, the Mean of the data is 137.05