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The weight (in kg) of 50 contestants at a competition is as follows: 65 66 67 66 64 66 ...

The weight (in kg) of 50 contestants at a competition is as follows:
65 66 67 66 64 66 65 63 65 68 64 62 66 64 67 65 64 66 65 67 65 67 66 64 65 64 66 65 64 65 66 65 64 65 63 63 67 65 63 64 66 64 68 65 63 65 64 67 66 64.
(a) Construct a frequenct table for the discrete data.
(b) Calculate, correct to 2 decimal places, the;
(i) mean ; (ii) standard deviation of the data.
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    Correct Answer: Option n
    Explanation:
    (a)
    Weight (kg) Frequency
    62 1
    63 5
    64 12
    65 14
    66 10
    67 6
    68 2



    (b) Using an assumed mean of 65kg
    \(x\) \(f\) \(fx\) \(d = x - A\) \(fd\) \(fd^{2}\)
    62 1 62 -3 -3 9
    63 5 315 -2 -10 20
    64 12 768 -1 -12 12
    65 14 910 0 0 0
    66 10 660 1 10 10
    67 6 402 2 12 24
    68 2 136 3 6 18
    \(\sum\) = 50 3253 3 93



    (i) Mean \(\bar{x} = \frac{\sum fx}{\sum f}\)
    = \(\frac{3253}{50}\)
    = 65.06 kg
    (ii) \(SD = \sqrt{\frac{\sum fd^{2}}{\sum f} - (\frac{\sum fd^{2}}{\sum f})^{2}}\)
    \(SD = \sqrt{\frac{93}{50} - (\frac{3}{50})^{2}}\)
    = \(\sqrt{\frac{93}{50} - \frac{9}{2500}}\)
    = \(\sqrt{\frac{4650 - 9}{2500}}\)
    = \(\sqrt{\frac{4641}{2500}}\)
    = \(1.3625 \approxeq 1.36\) (2 d.p.)

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