Question 15 Marks
An incomplete distribution is given as follows:
You are given that the median value is 35 and the sum of all the frequencies is 170. Using the median formula, fill up the missing frequencies.
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Variable
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0-10
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10-20
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20-30
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30-40
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40-50
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50-60
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60-70
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Frequency
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10
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20
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?
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40
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?
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25
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15
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Answer
View full question & answer→$\text{Median}=25$ and $\sum\text{f}=\text{N}=170$
Let $p_1$ and $p_2$ be two missing frequencies
$\therefore110+\text{p}_1+\text{p}_2=170$
$\Rightarrow\text{p}_1+\text{p}_2=170-110=60$
Here $\text{N}=170,\frac{\text{N}}{2}=\frac{170}{2}=85$
$\therefore$ Median = 35 which lies in the class 30 - 40
Here$\text{I}=30,\text{f}=40,\text{F}=30+\text{p},$ and $\text{h}=10$
$\text{Median}=\text{l}+\frac{\frac{\text{N}}{2}-\text{F}}{\text{f}}\times\text{h}$
$\Rightarrow35=30+\frac{85-(30+\text{p}_1)}{40}\times10$
$\Rightarrow35-30=\frac{85-30-\text{p}_1}{4}$
$\Rightarrow5=\frac{85-30-\text{p}_1}{4}$
$20=55-\text{p}_1$
$\Rightarrow\text{p}_1=55-20=35$
But $\text{p}_1+\text{p}_2=60 $
$\therefore\text{ p}_2=60-\text{p}_1=60-35=25 $
Hence missing frequencies are 35 and 25
Let $p_1$ and $p_2$ be two missing frequencies
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Variable
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Frequency
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c.f.
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0-10
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10
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10
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10-20
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20
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30
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20-30
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$p_1$
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$30 + p_1$
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30-40
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40
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$70 + p_1$
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40-50
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$p_2$
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$70 + p_1 + p_2$
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50-60
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25
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$95 + p_1 + p_2$
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60-70
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15
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$110 + p_1 + p_2$
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$\Rightarrow\text{p}_1+\text{p}_2=170-110=60$
Here $\text{N}=170,\frac{\text{N}}{2}=\frac{170}{2}=85$
$\therefore$ Median = 35 which lies in the class 30 - 40
Here$\text{I}=30,\text{f}=40,\text{F}=30+\text{p},$ and $\text{h}=10$
$\text{Median}=\text{l}+\frac{\frac{\text{N}}{2}-\text{F}}{\text{f}}\times\text{h}$
$\Rightarrow35=30+\frac{85-(30+\text{p}_1)}{40}\times10$
$\Rightarrow35-30=\frac{85-30-\text{p}_1}{4}$
$\Rightarrow5=\frac{85-30-\text{p}_1}{4}$
$20=55-\text{p}_1$
$\Rightarrow\text{p}_1=55-20=35$
But $\text{p}_1+\text{p}_2=60 $
$\therefore\text{ p}_2=60-\text{p}_1=60-35=25 $
Hence missing frequencies are 35 and 25