The following is the frequency distribution of duration for100 calls made on a mobile phone :
| Duration (in seconds) | Number of calls |
| 95-125 125-155 155-185 185-215 215-245 |
14 22 28 21 15 |
Calculate the average duration (in sec) of a call and also find the median from the cumulative frequency curve.
Answer. [170]
Solution.
| Duration | fi | xi | fiui | |
| 95-125 | 14 | 110 | -2 | -28 |
| 125-155 | 22 | 140 | -1 | -22 |
| 155=185 | 28 | 170 = a | 0 | 0 |
| 185-215 | 21 | 200 | 1 | 21 |
| 215-245 | 21 | 230 | 2 | 30 |
a = 170, h = 30
Average =
| less than type | |
| Duration | Number of calls |
| less than 95 less than 125 less than 155 less than 185 less than 215 less than 245 |
0 0+14 = 14 14+22 =36 36 + 28 = 64 64 + 21 = 85 85 + 15 =100 |
n = 100
median is 170