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Exercise 3.1

MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY AND LOCATION

A. Write each of the following without summation signs:

4
1. ∑ ( 5 xi ) ____________________________________________________________
i=4

3
2. ∑ ( xi +3 )2 _____________________________________________
i=1

3
3. ∑ ( xi +3 ) _____________________________________________
i=1

4 7
4. ∑ x 2i +∑ ( y i −2 ) _______________________________________
i=1 i=2

B. Apply the different rules on summation to compute the values of the following:
5
1. ∑ i+1 _____________________________________________
i=1

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
3
2. ∑ 2i _____________________________________________
i=1

_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________

6
3. ∑ ( 4 i2 +4 i ) _____________________________________________
i=1
 _____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

C. Write each of the following expressions in summation notation with appropriate

limits.
1. (a1-b2) + (a2-b3) + (a3-b4) + (a4-b5) ________________________________________

2. (X2 – Y2) + (X3 – Y3) + (X4 – Y4) + (X5 – Y5) ________________________________________

3. (X5 + 3) + (X6 + 3) + (X7 + 3) + (X8 + 3) ________________________________________

4. 1 + x + x2 + x3 + x4 + x5 + x6 ________________________________________

5. 2X22 + 3X33 + 4X44 ________________________________________

6. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + … + n ________________________________________

7. 1 + 4 + 9 + 16 + … + n2 ________________________________________

8. X23 + X34 + X45 ________________________________________

9. (Z1 + Z2 + Z3)5 (Y1 + Y2 + Y3)5 ________________________________________

x 1 + x 2+ x3
10. ________________________________________
y 1+ y2 + y 3

D. Evaluate the following:

1. Given: x1 = 4 x2 = -3 x3 = 6 x4 = -1
4
a. ∑ x 2i ( xi −3 ) ________________________________________________________________
i=1

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________
4
2
b. ∑❑
❑ ( x i +1 ) ________________________________________________________________
i=2
 ________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

2. Given: x1 = -2 x2 = 3 x3 = 1 y1= 4 y2 = 0 y3 = -5
3
❑
a. ∑ ( x i y 21 ) ________________________________________________________
i=1

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________
3
❑
b. ∑ ( 3 xi + y ❑1 −4 ) ________________________________________________________
i=2

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

3. Given: X1 = -2 X2 = -3 X3 = -1
Y1 = 2 Y2 = 5 Y3 = 5
3
❑
a. ∑ ( x 21+2 x i y i + y 21 )
i=1

_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________

3
❑
b. ∑ x i ( y ❑1 −4 )
i=1

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Exercise 3.2

Measures of Central Tendency

1. The grades of a student on seven examinations were 85, 96, 72, 89, 95, 82, and 85.
Find the student’s average grade.

ANSWER:

2. The salaries of 4 employees were P12,000, P10,000, P15,000 and P18,000. What is
the average salary?

ANSWER:

3. Out of 100 numbers, 20 were 5’s, 40 were 4’s and 35 were 6’s and 5 were 2’s. Find
the mean.
 ANSWER:

4. Find the average weight of 50 male college students of XYZ University (see FDT
below)

Weight (in lbs) No. of students

118-126 3
127-135 7
136-144 11
145-153 14
154-162 7
163-171 5
172-180 3
Total 50

ANSWER:

5. Find the median of the set of numbers:

5 3 7 3 8 2 1
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6. Find the median of the set of numbers:

11 25 18 79 12 13

ANSWER:

7. A student received grades of 89, 85, 72, 92, and 35. What is the mode of the given
grades?

ANSWER:

8. The reaction times of an individual to certain stimuli were measured by a

psychologist to be 0.23, 0.52, 0.36, 0.25, 0.52, 0.26, 0.25, 0.39, and 0.22 seconds.
Determine the mode of the given reaction times.

ANSWER:

9. Find the mean, median, and the mode of the data set given below:
Frequency Distribution of Grades in College Algebra

Grade Number of Students

90-100 9
80-89 30
70-79 35
60-69 8
50-59 9
 40-49 2
30-39 3
20-29 1
10-19 2
0-9 1
Total 100

ANSWER:
Mean = Median = Mode =

10. The numbers of incorrect answers on a true-false test for 15 students were recorded
as follows: 2, 1, 3, 0, 1, 3, 6, 0, 3, 3, 5, 2, 1, 4, 2. Find the median and mode.

ANSWER:
Median = Mode =

11. The following are the response times in seconds of a smoke alarm after the release
of smoke from a fixed source: 12, 9, 11, 7, 9, 14, 6, 10. Find the mode.

ANSWER:

12. A bridge is designed to carry a maximum load of 150,00 pounds. Is the bridge
overloaded if it is carrying 18 vehicles having a mean weight of 4,630 pounds?

ANSWER:
13. For three rounds of golf, Peter scores 88, 79, 82. What fourth-round score would he
need to reduce his mean score to 81 for all rounds?

ANSWER:

14. The average IQ of 10 students in Math is 114. If 9 of the students have IQ scores of
101, 118, 128, 106, 115, 99, 118, 109, and 125. What must be the other IQ?

ANSWER:

15. Careful measurements show that the actual amounts of coffee in 6 four-ounce jars of
instant coffee are 4.02, 3.98, 4.01, 4.05, 3.97, and 4.03.
a. Find the mean coffee content of the six jars.
b. What would be the error in calculating the mean coffee content of the six jars
if the fourth value is recorded incorrectly as 4.5 instead of 4.05?

ANSWER:

16. A consumer testing service obtains the following mileage per gallon during 5 test
runs performed with each of three compact cars:
Car A: 27.9 30.4 30.6 31.4 31.7
Car B: 31.2 28.7 31.3 28.7 31.3
 Car C: 28.6 29.1 28.5 32.1 29.7
a. If the manufacturer of Car A wants to advertise that their car performed best in
the test, which of the averages (mean, median, mode) could they use to
substantiate their claim?
b. If the manufacturer of Car B wants to advertise that their car performed best in
the test, which of the averages (mean, median, mode) could they use to
substantiate their claim?

17. The distribution of the number of mistakes made by 200 student taking German in a
multiple-choice quiz on vocabulary is as follows:

NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
MISTAKES STUDENTS
6 - 10 12
11 - 15 73
16 – 20 52
21 – 25 39
26 - 30 24
TOTAL 200

Find the mean, median and mode. If the instructor would like to claim that
the students have learned a lot in the course, which of the values should he use to
support the claim?
ANSWER: