The rainfall in a certain seaside holiday resort was measured, in millimetres, every week for ten weeks.
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The rainfall in a certain seaside holiday resort was measured, in millimetres, every week for ten weeks. The hours of sunshine were also recorded. The data are shown in the table. Rainfall (mm) 0 1 2 3 3 26 3 2 3 0 Sunshine (hours) 70 15 10 15 18 0 15 21 21 80 a Calculate the mean rainfall per week. b Calculate the mean number of hours of sunshine per week. c Write down the modal amount of rainfall and the modal amount of sunshine per week. d Work out the median rainfall and the median amount of sunshine per week. The council plans to produce a brochure and in it they wish to promote the resort as having lots of sunshine and little rain. e Write down, with reasons, which of the mean, mode or median they should quote in their brochure as the average rainfall and hours of sunshine.
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Edexcel As And A Level Modular Mathematics Statistics 1
ISBN: 978-0435519124
1st Edition
Authors: Keith Pledger Et Al