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The following table gives the distribution of the life time of 400 neon lamps :
Find the median life time of a lamp.
The cumulative frequencies with their respective class intervals are as follows.
It can be observed that the cumulative frequency just greater than 
is 216, belonging to class interval 3000 − 3500.
Median class = 3000 − 3500
Lower limit (l) of median class = 3000
Frequency (f) of median class = 86
Cumulative frequency (cf) of class preceding median class = 130
Class size (h) = 500
Median 
= 3406.976
Therefore, median life time of lamps is 3406.98 hours.
The following frequency distribution gives the monthly consumption of electricity of 68 consumers of a locality. Find the median, mean and mode of the data and compare them.
To find the class marks, the following relation is used.
Taking 135 as assumed mean (a), di, ui, fiui are calculated according to step deviation method as follows.
From the table, we obtain
From the table, it can be observed that the maximum class frequency is 20, belonging to class interval 125 − 145.
Modal class = 125 − 145
Lower limit (l) of modal class = 125
Class size (h) = 20
Frequency (f1) of modal class = 20
Frequency (f0) of class preceding modal class = 13
Frequency (f2) of class succeeding the modal class = 14
To find the median of the given data, cumulative frequency is calculated as follows.
From the table, we obtain
n = 68
Cumulative frequency (cf) just greater than 
is 42, belonging to interval 125 − 145.
Therefore, median class = 125 − 145
Lower limit (l) of median class = 125
Class size (h) = 20
Frequency (f) of median class = 20
Cumulative frequency (cf) of class preceding median class = 22
Therefore, median, mode, mean of the given data is 137, 135.76, and 137.05 respectively.
The three measures are approximately the same in this case.
If the median of the distribution given below is 28.5, find the values of x and y.
The cumulative frequency for the given data is calculated as follows.
From the table, it can be observed that n = 60
45 + x + y = 60
x + y = 15 (1)
Median of the data is given as 28.5 which lies in interval 20 − 30.
Therefore, median class = 20 − 30
Lower limit (l) of median class = 20
Cumulative frequency (cf) of class preceding the median class = 5 + x
Frequency (f) of median class = 20
Class size (h) = 10
From equation (1),
8 + y = 15
y = 7
Hence, the values of x and y are 8 and 7 respectively.
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.
Here, the class width is not the same. It is not required to adjust the frequencies according to class intervals. The given frequency table is of less than type represented with upper-class limits. The policies were given only to persons with age 18 years onwards but less than 60 years. Therefore, class intervals with their respective cumulative frequency can be defined as below.
From the table, it can be observed that n = 100.
Cumulative frequency (cf) just greater than 
is 78, belonging to interval 35 − 40.
Therefore, median class = 35 − 40
Lower limit (l) of median class = 35
Class size (h) = 5
Frequency (f) of median class = 33
Cumulative frequency (cf) of class preceding median class = 45
Therefore, median age is 35.76 years.
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 :
Find the median length of the leaves.
The given data does not have continuous class intervals. It can be observed that the difference between two class intervals is 1. Therefore, 
has to be added and subtracted to upper class limits and lower class limits respectively.
Continuous class intervals with respective cumulative frequencies can be represented as follows.
From the table, it can be observed that the cumulative frequency just greater than 
is 29, belonging to class interval 144.5 − 153.5.
Median class = 144.5 − 153.5
Lower limit (l) of median class = 144.5
Class size (h) = 9
Frequency (f) of median class = 12
Cumulative frequency (cf) of class preceding median class = 17
Median 
Therefore, median length of leaves is 146.75 mm.
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:
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.
The cumulative frequencies with their respective class intervals are as follows.
It can be observed that the cumulative frequency just greater than 
is 76, belonging to class interval 7 − 10.
Median class = 7 − 10
Lower limit (l) of median class = 7
Cumulative frequency (cf) of class preceding median class = 36
Frequency (f) of median class = 40
Class size (h) = 3
Median 
= 8.05
To find the class marks of the given class intervals, the following relation is used.
Taking 11.5 as assumed mean (a), di, ui, and fiui are calculated according to step deviation method as follows.
From the table, we obtain
∑fiui = −106
∑fi = 100
Mean, 
= 11.5 − 3.18 = 8.32
The data in the given table can be written as
From the table, it can be observed that the maximum class frequency is 40 belonging to class interval 7 − 10.
Modal class = 7 − 10
Lower limit (l) of modal class = 7
Class size (h) = 3
Frequency (f1) of modal class = 40
Frequency (f0) of class preceding the modal class = 30
Frequency (f2) of class succeeding the modal class = 16
Therefore, median number and mean number of letters in surnames is 8.05 and 8.32 respectively while modal size of surnames is 7.88.
The distribution below gives the weights of 30 students of a class. Find the median weight of the students.
The cumulative frequencies with their respective class intervals are as follows.
Cumulative frequency just greater than 
is 19, belonging to class interval 55 − 60.
Median class = 55 − 60
Lower limit (l) of median class = 55
Frequency (f) of median class = 6
Cumulative frequency (cf) of median class = 13
Class size (h) = 5
Median 
= 56.67
Therefore, median weight is 56.67 kg.
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