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Class Mark

Frequency

12.5

12

17.5

17

22.5

22

27. 5

27

32 .5

30

37 . 5

31

Q. Draw an ogive to represent the following data:

Sol:

Class marks

No. of students

Class interval

12.5

17.5

22.5

27.5

32.5

37.5

12

17

22

27

30

31

First find the class width by subtracting two consecutive class mark

27.5 – 22.5 = 5

5 ÷ 2 = 2.5

12.5

– 2.5

= 10

+ 2.5

= 15

12.5

10 – 15

17.5

– 2.5

= 15

+ 2.5

= 20

17.5

15 – 20

22.5

– 2.5

= 20

+ 2.5

= 25

22.5

20 – 25

27.5

– 2.5

= 25

+ 2.5

= 30

27.5

25 – 30

32.5

– 2.5

= 30

+ 2.5

= 35

32.5

30 – 35

37.5

– 2.5

= 35

+ 2.5

= 40

37.5

35 – 40

Class interval

Frequency

fi

Cumulative Frequency

12

17

22

27

0

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Scale :

Class interval

Cumulative frequency

X

2 cm = 5 units on x-axis

1 cm = 10 units on y-axis

70

80

Upper

Boundary

ui

90

(15, 12)

Let us find co-ordinates of points to be plotted

x co-ordinate is upper boundary of class

y co-ordinate is cumulative frequency less than type

Since frequency of 1st class is not zero

So, introduce a class before 1st class with frequency zero

+

+

+

+

Mark c.f. less than on Y-axis

What is highest c.f.?

139

Since we have 20 cms on

Y-axis, we will consider simplest scale 1 cm = 10 units

Now plot the points

10

15

20

25

30

31

35

40

(10, 0)

(20 , 29)

(25, 51)

(30, 78)

(35, 109)

(40, 139)

30

+

Mark upper class boundaries on X-axis

100

110

120

130

140

Join these points with smooth curve

+

{

1 cm

1 cm

=

10 boxes

10 boxes

=

10 units

1 box = 1 unit

30

40

30

31

32

5 – 10

10 – 15

15 – 20

20 – 25

25 – 30

30 – 35

35 – 40

From class mark subtract 2.5 to get lower limit and add 2.5 to get upper limit

15

20

25

30

10

40

35

12

29

51

78

0

139

109

10

20

12

50

60

51

20

30

29

70

80

78

100

110

109

130

140

139

Class mark & frequency is given

Class mark is mid point of classes

Let us find class interval using given class marks

Divide class width by 2

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