Proofs in Mathematics

Question

In a city, the following weekly observations were made in a study on the cost of living index:

Cost of living index

Number of weeks

140–150

5

150–160

10

160–170

20

170–180

9

180–190

6

190–200

2

Total

52

Draw a frequency polygon for the data above (without constructing a histogram).

Answer

Classes

Class marks

Frequency

140–150

145

5

150–160

155

10

160–170

165

20

170–180

175

9

180–190

185

6

190–200

195

2

Total

 

52


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Some More Questions From Proofs in Mathematics Chapter

Three coins were tossed 30 times simultaneously. Each time the number of heads occurring was noted down as follows:

0 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 0

1 3 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 1

3 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 2 0

Prepare a frequency distribution table for the data given above.

The value of π 50 decimal places is given below:

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510

(i) Make a frequency distribution of the digits from 0 to 9 after the decimal point.
(ii) What are the most and the least frequently occurring digits?

Thirty children were asked about the number of hours they watched TV programmes in the previous week. The results were found as follows:

1 6 2 3 5 1 2 5 8 4 8

10 3 4 12 2 8 15 1 17 6

3 2 8 5 9 6 8 7 14 12

(i) Make a grouped frequency distribution table for this data, taking class width 5 and one of the class intervals as 5–0.
(ii) How many children watched television for 15 or more hours a week?

A company manufactures car batteries of a particular type. The lives (in years) of 40 such batteries were recorded as follows:

2.6 3.0 3.7 3.2 2.2 4.1 3.5 4.5

3.5 2.3 3.2 3.4 3.8 3.2 4.6 3.7

2.5 4.4 3.4 3.3 2.9 3.0 4.3 2.8

3.5 3.2 3.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.7 3.4

4.6 3.8 3.2 2.6 3.5 4.2 2.9 3.6

Construct a grouped frequency distribution table for this data, using class intervals of size 0.5 starting from the interval 2–2.5.

The relative humidity (in %) of a certain city of month of 30 days was as follows:

98 98 99 90 86
95 92 96 94 95
89 92 97 93 92
95 97 93 95 97
96 92 84 90 95
98 97 96 92 89
Construct a grouped frequency distribution table with classes 84–88, 88–92, etc.

The number of books in different shelves of a library are as follows: 25, 27, 32, 24, 28,

34, 20, 25, 28, 30,
20, 35, 25, 27, 31,
37, 22, 24, 27, 28,
27, 20, 36, 21, 20,
29, 30, 29, 36, 30
Prepare a frequency distribution table with class size 4 for the data given above taking the first interval as 18–22. (22 not included).

The blood group of 20 students are recorded as follows:
A, B, O, O, AB, O, A, O, B, A, O, AB, O, A, A, O. B, A, B, O
Represent this data in the form of a frequency distribution table. Which is the rarest blood group?

The distance in km of 32 engineers from their residence to their place of work were found as follows:

4, 6, 10,12, 8, 13, 12, 9, 11, 16, 10, 18, 15, 3, 8, 4,
10, 8, 7, 9, 5, 15, 18, 3, 11, 15, 2, 10, 14, 7, 6, 12

Construct a grouped frequency distribution table with class-size for the data given above taking the first interval as 0–5. 

A part of the frequency table is given below:

Class marks of weights (in kg)

No. of students

33

9

38

5

43

14

Rewrite the table with class limits.