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Q. A student noted the number of cars passing through a spot on a road for

100 periods each of 3 minutes and summarised it in the table given below.

Find the mode of the data :

Sol:

Class width(h) =

10

Frequency

( fi )

10 - 20

20 - 30

30 - 40

40 - 50

Class

7

14

13

12

20

0 - 10

Maximum frequency is 20

50 - 60

11

The corresponding class 40 – 50 is modal class.

f1

f0

f2

l

=

40,

h

=

10,

f1

=

20,

f0

=

12,

f2

11

=

Mode

=

l

+

2f1

×

h

– f0

– f2

f1

– f0

Mode

=

40

+

2(20)

×

10

– 12

– 11

20

– 12

Mode

=

40

+

Mode

=

40

+

4.7

Mode

=

44.7 cars

60 - 70

70 - 80

15

8

No. of cars

0 - 10

10 - 20

20 - 30

30 - 40

40 - 50

50 - 60

60 - 70

70 - 80

Frequency

7

14

13

12

20

11

15

8

No. of cars

Frequency

Find the mode of the data

Modal

Class

Class width (h) is found by subtracting two consecutive lower limits or two consecutive upper limits

For finding mode classes must be continuous

4.7

Frequency of the class

Preceeding the Modal class

Frequency of the class

succeeding the Modal class

What is the Maximum frequency?

Exercise 14.2 – Q.6