Probaility & Statistics (YMT4001) Dr.

Saikat Kanjilal
Bachelor of Technology (CSE) (Semester - IV) # [email protected]
Academic Session: 2024 - 2025 « 8585935478

PRACTICE PROBLEM SHEET - 3

1. In a retail market, fruit vendors were selling mangoes kept in packing boxes. These boxes contained varying number

of mangoes. The following was the distribution of mangoes according to the number of boxes:

Number of Mangoes 50 - 52 53 - 55 56 - 58 59 - 61 62 - 64
Number of Boxes 15 110 135 115 25

Find the mean number of mangoes kept in a packing box. Use all the three methods to find it.

2. To find out the concentration of SO2 in the air (in parts per million, i.e., ppm), the data was collected for 30 localities
in a certain city and is presented below:

Concentration of SO2 (in ppm) Frequency

0.00 - 0.04 4
0.04 - 0.08 9
0.08 - 0.12 9
0.12 - 0.16 2
0.16 - 0.204 4
0.20 - 0.24 2

Find the mean concentration of SO2 in the air. Use all the three methods to find it.

3. Calculate the median from the following data:

Class Intervals 0 - 10 10 - 30 30 - 60 60 - 80 80 - 90
Frequency 10 30 60 16 4

4. 100 surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directory and the frequency distribution of the number
of letters in the English alphabets in the surnames was obtained as follows:

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Number of Letters 1-4 4-7 7 - 10 10 - 13 13 - 16 16 - 19

Number of Surnames 6 30 40 16 4 4

Determine the median number of letters in the surnames. Find the mean number of letters in the surnames? Also,
find the modal size of the surnames.

5. The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted in a hospital during a year:

Age in Years Number of Patients

5 - 15 6
15 - 25 11
25 - 35 21
35 - 45 23
45 - 55 14
55 - 65 5

Find the mode and the mean of the data given above. Compare and interpret the two measures of central tendency.

6. The median of the following data is 525. Find the values of x and y, if the total frequency is 100.

Class Intervals Frequency

0 - 100 2
100 - 200 5
200 - 300 x
300 - 400 12
400 - 500 17
500 - 600 20
600 - 700 y
700 - 800 9
800 - 900 7
900 - 1000 4

7. If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5, find the values of x and y.

Class Intervals Frequency

0 - 10 5
10 - 20 x

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Class Intervals Frequency

20 - 30 20
30 - 40 15
40 - 50 y
50 - 60 5
Total 60

8. A life insurance agent found the following data for distribution of ages of 100 policy holders. Calculate the median
age, if policies are given only to persons having age 18 years onwards but less than 60 year.

Age in Years Number of Policy Holders

Below 20 2
Below 25 6
Below 30 24
Below 35 45
Below 40 78
Below 45 89
Below 50 92
Below 55 98
Below 60 100

9. The lengths of 40 leaves of a plant are measured correct to the nearest millimetre, and the data obtained is represented
in the following table :

Length (in mm) Number of Leaves

118 - 126 3
127 - 135 5
136 - 144 9
145 - 153 12
154 - 162 5
163 - 171 4
172 - 180 2

Find the median length of the leaves.

10. Calculate the median from the following data:

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Marks Obtained Number of Students

Below 5 8
Below 10 20
Below 15 40
Below 20 60
Below 25 110
Below 30 154
Below 35 190
Below 40 200

11. Compute the median from the following data:

Mid Points Frequency

115 3
125 12
135 24
145 36
155 58
165 30
175 19
185 11
195 1

12. Calculate the median from the following data:

Marks Below 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 and above

Number of Students 6 26 36 22 10

13. The following table gives the distribution of the monthly salary of 1, 800 employees. However, the frequencies of the
classes 40 − 50 and 60 − 70 are missing. If the median of the distribution is Rs. 59.25, find the missing frequencies.

Salaries 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70 70 - 80
Number of Employees 240 ? 400 ? 370

14. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the data:

(a) 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17

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(b) 38, 70, 48, 40, 42, 55, 63, 46, 54, 44

15. Find the mean deviation about the median for the data:

(a) 13, 17, 16, 14, 11, 13, 10, 16, 11, 18, 12, 17

(b) 36, 72, 46, 42, 60, 45, 53, 46, 51, 49

16. Find the mean deviation about the mean for the data:

xi 5 10 15 20 25
fi 7 4 6 3 5

17. Find the mean deviation about the median for the data:

xi 5 7 9 10 12 15
fi 8 6 2 2 2 6

18. Calculate the mean deviation about mean, median, mode age for the age distribution of 100 persons given below:

Age in Years Number

16 - 20 5
21 - 25 6
26 - 30 12
31 - 35 14
36 - 40 26
41 - 45 12
46 - 50 16
51 - 55 9

19. Find the mean, variance & standard deviation of the following data:

(a) 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 4, 8, 12

(b) First n natural numbers

(c) First 10 multiples of 3

20. Find the mean, variance & standard deviation of the following data:

xi 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68
fi 2 1 12 29 25 12 10 4 5

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21. Find the mean, variance and standard deviation for the following frequency distributions:

Height in cms Number of Children

70 - 75 3
75 - 80 4
80 - 85 7
85 - 90 7
90 - 95 15
95 - 100 9
100 - 105 6
105 - 110 6
110 - 115 3

22. The diameters of circles (in mm) drawn in a design are given below:

Diameters 33 - 36 37 - 40 41 - 44 45 - 48 49 - 52
Number of Circles 15 17 21 22 25

Calculate the standard deviation and mean diameter of the circles.

23. The variance of 20 observations is 5. If each observation is multiplied by 2, find the new variance of the resulting
observations.

24. The mean of 5 observations is 4.4 and their variance is 8.24 . If three of the observations are 1, 2 and 6, find the
other two observations.

25. If each of the observation x1 , x2 , · · · , xn is increased by ‘a’, where a is a negative or positive number, show that the
variance remains unchanged.

26. The mean and standard deviation of 100 observations were calculated as 40 and 5.1, respectively by a student who
took by mistake 50 instead of 40 for one observation. What are the correct mean and standard deviation?

27. Given that x̄ is the mean and σ 2 is the variance of n observations x1 , x2 , · · · , xn . Prove that the mean and variance
of the observations ax1 , ax2 , ax3 , · · · , axn are ax̄ and a2 σ 2 , respectively, (a ̸= 0).

28. The mean and standard deviation of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 2, respectively. On rechecking, it was
found that an observation 8 was incorrect. Calculate the correct mean and standard deviation in each of the following
cases:

(a) If wrong item is omitted.

(b) If it is replaced by 12.

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29. The mean and standard deviation of a group of 100 observations were found to be 20 and 3, respectively. Later
on it was found that three observations were incorrect, which were recorded as 21, 21 and 18. Find the mean and
standard deviation if the incorrect observations are omitted.

30. The mean calculated from the following frequency distribution is known to be Rs. 72.5. Find the value of x.

Classes 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79 80 - 89 90 - 99
Frequency 2 3 11 20 x 25 7

31. Following is a frequency distribution table lacking two class frequency. Find them if the mean is 7.74.

Value 3-5 5-7 7-9 9 - 11 11 - 13 Total

Frequency 32 ? 57 ? 25 200

32. Average marks obtained by a class of 70 students was found to be 65. Later it was found that the marks of one
student was wrongly recorded as 85 in place of 58. Find the corrected mean.

33. Two variables x and y are related by 3x + 4y = 21. The mean of x is 3. Find the mean of y.

34. The median and mode of the following frequency distribution are known to be 27 and 26 respectively. Find the

values of A and B.

Class Interval 0 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50
Frequency 3 A 20 12 B

35. Find the mean of the variable x assuming following values:

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4, · · · , n with frequency as its values.

(b) 12 , 32 , 52 , 72 , · · · , (2n − 1)2 .

(c) 2, 4, 6, 8, · · · , 2n.

(d) 23 , 43 , 63 , 83 , · · · , (2n)3 .

(e) 1, 2, 3, 4, · · · , n with frequency 12 , 22 , 32 , · · · , n2 repectively.

36. In a batch of 15 students, 5 students failed in a test. The marks of 10 students who passed were: 90, 60, 70, 80, 80, 90, 60, 50, 40, 70.
Find the median of the marks of all 15 students.

37. Following are the maximum daily temperature (°C) recorded in a week in Kolkata: 38, 40, 36, 35, 30, 32, 34. Determine
the Standard Deviation of maximum daily temperature in Fahrenheit scale.

38. Obtain the following:

(a) The Standard Deviation of first n positive integers is 2. Find n.

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(b) The Standard Deviation of first n even positive integers is 5. Find n.

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(c) The Standard Deviation of first n odd positive integers is 8. Find n.

39. Fifty students took up a class test carrying a total of 10 marks. The result of those who passed the test is given
below:

Marks 4 5 6 7 8 9
Number of Students 8 10 9 6 4 3

If the average marks for the 50 students were 5.16, find out the average marks of the failed-students.

40. Find the Standard Deviation from the following frequency distribution:

Salary Number of Workers

up to Rs. 10 8
up to Rs. 20 24
up to Rs. 30 56
up to Rs. 40 95
up to Rs. 50 136
up to Rs. 60 178
up to Rs. 70 192
up to Rs. 80 200

41. Find the first three central moments of the following frequency distribution:

Yearly Income in Lakh 3-6 6-9 9 - 12 12 - 15 15 - 18 18 - 21 21 - 24 Total

Number of Families 28 292 389 212 59 18 2 1000

42. Find the first four central moments and the skewness, kurtosis for the variable x having the following frequency
distribution:

x 21 - 24 25 - 28 29 - 32 33 - 36 37 - 40 41 - 44
f 40 90 190 110 50 20

43. Find the skewness and kurtosis of the following distribution:

Wages (x) 55 - 58 58 - 61 61 - 64 64 - 67 67 - 70
Number of Workers 12 17 23 18 11

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44. Find the skewness and kurtosis for the following distribution:

x 4.5 14.5 24.5 34.5 44.5 54.5 64.5 74.5 84.5 94.5
f 1 5 12 22 17 9 4 3 1 1

45. The distribution of a variable x has coefficient of variation = 5, variance = 4 and measure of skewness = 0.5 . Find
the mean and mode of the distribution.

46. The mean and standard deviation of the income of teachers in two schools are given below:

Mean Income Standard Deviation

School - A 8000 1200
School - B 9000 1350

Compare the variability of the incomes of the teachers in two schools.

47. Following are the marks of Amit and Bharti in 10 tests:

Amit 19 31 48 53 67 90 10 62 40 80
Bharti 32 28 47 63 71 39 10 60 96 14

Find who is more consistent in scoring marks.

48. The mean life in days and standard deviation for two types of electric bulbs are given below:

Mean Life in Days Standard Deviation in Days

Type - I 310 9
Type - II 260 14

Compare the relative variability of life of the type of bulbs.

49. You are given the distribution of wages in two factories X and Y as the following:

Wages (Rs.) 50 - 100 100 - 150 150 - 200 200 - 250 250 - 300 300 - 350
Factory - X 6 11 18 32 27 11
Number of Workers
Factory - Y 2 9 29 54 11 5

State in which factory the wages are more variable.

50. For a variable, coefficient of skewness = −0.375, Mean = 62, Median = 65. Find the variance.

51. Find the coefficient of variation of a variable whose Median = 17.4, Mode = 15.3 and Skewness = 0.35 .

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52. The mean, median and the coefficient of variation of the weekly wages of a group of workers are Rs. 45, Rs. 42 and
Rs. 40 respectively. Find the

(a) Mode

(b) Variance

(c) Skewness

for this distribution.

53. For a moderately skewed distribution, mean is 160, mode is 157 and the standard deviation is 50. Find the

(a) coefficient of variation

(b) skewness

(c) median.

54. In a distribution, Mean = 65, Median = 70 and Skewness = −0.6 . Find the Mode and the Coefficient of Variation.

55. Given Mean = 50, Coefficient of Variation = 40%, Skewness = −0.4 . Find the Standard Deviation, Mode and
Median.

56. The mean of a certain distribution is 50, its standard deviation is 15 and skewness −1. Find the median.

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