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A-LevelMathematicsProbability and statisticsOct/Nov 2021Paper 5 Q26 Marks

Lakeview and Riverside are two schools. The pupils at both schools took part in a competition to see how far they could throw a ball. The distances thrown, to the nearest metre, by 11 pupils from each school are shown in the following table. Lakeview 10 14 19 22 26 27 28 30 32 33 41 Riverside 23 36 21 18 37 25 18 20 24 30 25

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About This A-Level Mathematics Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Mathematics (9709) Oct/Nov 2021 examination, Paper 5 Variant 3. It tests the topic of Probability and statistics and is worth 6 marks.

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