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Proofs In Mathematics

Question
CBSEENMA9003834

Find the median of first ten prime numbers.

Solution

First ten prime numbers are
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29
n = 10 which is even
therefore space space space space Median
equals fraction numerator open parentheses begin display style straight n over 2 end style close parentheses to the power of th space observation space plus open parentheses begin display style straight n over 2 end style plus 1 close parentheses to the power of th space observation over denominator 2 end fraction
equals fraction numerator 5 to the power of th space observation space plus space 6 to the power of th space observation over denominator 2 end fraction
equals space fraction numerator 11 plus 13 over denominator 2 end fraction equals 12

Some More Questions From Proofs in Mathematics Chapter

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

98.1 98.6 99.2 90.3 86.5 95.3 92.9 96.3 94.2 95.1

89.2 92.3 97.1 93.5 92.7 95.1 97.2 93.3 95.2 97.3

96.2 92.1 84.9 90.2 95.7 98.3 97.3 96.1 92.1 89

(i) Construct a grouped frequency distribution table with classes 84-86, 86-88, etc.
(ii) Which month or season do you think this data is about?
(iii) What is the range of this data?

The heights of 50 students, measured to the nearest centimetres, have been found to be as follows:

161 150 154 165 168 161 154 162 150 151

162 164 171 165 158 154 156 172 160 170

153 159 161 170 162 165 166 168 165 164

154 152 153 156 158 162 160 161 173 166

161 159 162 167 168 159 158 153 154 159

(i) Represent the data given above by a grouped frequency distribution table, taking the class intervals as 160–165, 165–170, etc.
(ii) What can you conclude about their heights from the table?

A study was conducted to find out the concentration of sulphur dioxide in the air in parts per million (ppm) of a certain city. The data obtained for 30 days is as follows :

0.03 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.04 0.17

0.16 0.05 0.02 0.06 0.18 0.20

0.11 0.08 0.12 0.13 0.22 0.07

0.08 0.01 0.10 0.06 0.09 0.18

0.11 0.07 0.05 0.07 0.01 0.04

(i) Make a grouped frequency distribution table for this data with class intervals as 0.00–0.04, 0.04–0.08, and so on.
(ii) For how many days, was the concentration of sulphur dioxide more than 0.11 parts per million?

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).