The numbers of items returned to the electrical department of a store on each of 100 consecutive days are given in the following table.

a. Write down the median.

b. Is the mode a good value to use as the average in this case? Give a reason for your answer.

c. Find the value of p, given that a calculated estimate of the mean is 1.5.

d. Sketch a curve that shows the shape of this set of data, and mark onto it the relative positions of
the mode, the mean and the median.

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No, items 3. 6-p 4 5 No. days 49 16 10 9. 7 5 4