Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Sampling and estimation

Sampling and estimation — practice question

Seventy fertiliser samples were taken, and the nitrogen content of each one was recorded. The cumulative frequency table is shown below.
(i)[3]

Use graph paper to draw a cumulative frequency graph for the data.

(ii)[2]

Estimate the percentage of samples whose nitrogen content is greater than $4.4$.

(iii)[1]

Estimate the median value.

(iv)[5]

Complete the frequency table for these data and sketch a histogram on graph paper.

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