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Exercise II

1. A cosmetics manufacturer has a machine to fill 3- once cologne bottles. The volumes of a sample
of 18 bottles filled by the machine today are as under:
3.02 2.94
3.01 2.97
2.89 2.96
2.97 2.95
2.92 2.99
2.95 2.94
2.84 2.99
2.90 2.93
2.90 2.97
The company has decided to re- calibrate the machine if the average volume filled is more
than .04 ounce away from 3 ounces. Should the machine be re- calibrated?

2. The frequency distribution below gives the time taken for cashiers to serve 140 customers at a
store:
Time in seconds No. of customers
20-29 6
30-39 16
40-49 21
50-59 29
60-69 25
70-79 22
80-89 11
90-99 7
100-109 3
(i) What is the mean time required to serve a customer?
(ii) If there are 20 customers waiting in line at closing time, how long will he be held
up before closing the counter?
3. Find the median for the data in qn 1 and interpret.
4. Find the median for the data in qn 2 and interpret.
5. Find the mode for the data in qn 1 and interpret.
6. Find the mode for the data in qn 2 and interpret.
7. What is the shape of the distribution in Q1 and what does it mean?
8. What is the shape of the distribution in Q2 and what does it mean?
9. An appliance manufacturer is forecasting sales for the next year. The Western region, with
current sales of Rs. 193.8 crore, is expected to achieve a sales growth of 7.25%; the Eastern
region with current sales at Rs. 79.3 cr, is expected to grow by 8.2% in the next year; and the
Southern region with current sales of Rs. 57.5 crore, is expected to achieve a growth rate of
7.15% in the next year. What is the overall expected growth rate in sales?
10. XYZ co., a producer of circuit boards, has sold the following number of units in the past 5 years:
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
12500 13250 14310 15740 17630
What is the average rate of growth in unit sales? Use this to estimate unit sales in 2020.

11. Calculate the first and third quartiles and the 90th percentile for the filling process.
12. Calculate the first and third quartiles and the 95th percentile for the customer service time.

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