SOLUTION: Consider the following: 21,28,31,35,39,42,45,51,54,59,65,67,70,74,75. I tried to solve this but none of my answers match any of the given choices. Find D6 a. 54 b. 57 c. 58.6

Algebra ->  Probability-and-statistics -> SOLUTION: Consider the following: 21,28,31,35,39,42,45,51,54,59,65,67,70,74,75. I tried to solve this but none of my answers match any of the given choices. Find D6 a. 54 b. 57 c. 58.6       Log On


   



Question 1178079: Consider the following:
21,28,31,35,39,42,45,51,54,59,65,67,70,74,75. I tried to solve this but none of my answers match any of the given choices.
Find D6
a. 54
b. 57
c. 58.6
d. 59
Find Q2
a. 45
b. 47.5
c. 48
d. 51
Find IQR
A. 32
B. 34
C. 38
D. 42

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21,28,31,|35|,39,42,45,||51||,54,59,65,|67|,70,74,75

1st quartile (lower quartile) =+35

2nd quartile (median) =+51

3rd quartile (upper quartile) = 67+

IQR=32

Find D6 =>
6%2815%2B1%29%2F10=9.6
We have to locate the sixth value in the ordered array and then have to more 0.6 of the distance between the 9th and 10th values. i.e. the value of 6nd decile can be calculated as
9th_+observation%2B%2810th_+observation-9th_+observation%29%2A0.6
54%2B%2859-54%29%2A0.6=54%2B5%2A0.6=54%2B3=57
D6=57
see it on the table
D6 ..........Frequency......... Cumulative Frequency......... Decile
21 - 27 ..........1.......... ....................1.................... 30.000
27 - 33.......... 2.......................... 3.................... 33.000
33 - 39 ..........1....................... 4 ....................42.000
39 - 45 ..........2.................... ....6................... 45
45 - 51 ..........1.......... .............7.................... 54
51+-+57 ..........2.................... 9.................... highlight%2857.000%29
57 - 63 ..........1.......... ............10.................... 66
63 - 69.......... 2...................... 12.................... 69
69 - 75 ..........2.................... ..14.................... 73
75 - 81 ..........1.................... ..15.................... 81