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3 The mean and standard deviation of 20 values of x are 60 and 4 respectively.

(i) Find the values of Σ x and Σ x2 . [3]

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Another 10 values of x are such that their sum is 550 and the sum of their squares is 40 500.

(ii) Find the mean and standard deviation of all these 30 values of x. [4]

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1 The times, t seconds, taken to swim 100 m were recorded for a group of 9 swimmers and were found
to be as follows.
95 126 117 135 120 125 114 119 136

(i) Find the values of Σ t − 120
and Σ t − 120
2 . [2]

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(ii) Using your values found in part (i), calculate the variance of t. [2]

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5 The Quivers Archery club has 12 Junior members and 20 Senior members. For the Junior members,
the mean age is 15.5 years and the standard deviation of the ages is 1.2 years. The ages of the Senior
members are summarised by Σ y = 910 and Σ y2 = 42 850, where y is the age of a Senior member in
years.

(i) Find the mean age of all 32 members of the club. [2]

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(ii) Find the standard deviation of the ages of all 32 members of the club. [4]

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1 Andy counts the number of emails, x, he receives each day and notes that, over a period of n days,
Σ x − 10
= 27 and the mean number of emails is 11.5. Find the value of n. [3]

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2 Tien measured the arm lengths, x cm, of 20 people in his class. He found that Σ x = 1218 and the
standard deviation of x was 4.2. Calculate Σ x − 45
and Σ x − 45
2 . [3]

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1 Kadijat noted the weights, x grams, of 30 chocolate buns. Her results are summarised by

Σ x − k
= 315, Σ x − k
2 = 4022,

where k is a constant. The mean weight of the buns is 50.5 grams.

(i) Find the value of k. [2]

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(ii) Find the standard deviation of x. [2]

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1 For 10 values of x the mean is 86.2 and Σ x − a
= 362. Find the value of
(i) Σ x, [1]
(ii) the constant a. [2]

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1 For n values of the variable x, it is given that Σ x − 100
= 216 and Σ x = 2416. Find the value of n.
[3]

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4 (a) Amy measured her pulse rate while resting, x beats per minute, at the same time each day on
30 days. The results are summarised below.

Σ x − 80
= −147 Σ x − 80
2 = 952

Find the mean and standard deviation of Amy’s pulse rate. [4]

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1 The time taken, t hours, to deliver letters on a particular route each day is measured on 250 working
days. The mean time taken is 2.8 hours. Given that Σ t − 2.5
2 = 96.1, find the standard deviation of
the times taken. [3]

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