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O-LevelMathematicsStatistics4024/21 · Oct/Nov 2019 · Q212 Marks

One afternoon, there were 200 visitors to a library. The table summarises the time, in minutes, each visitor spent in the library. Time (t minutes) | 0 < t ≤ 20 | 20 < t ≤ 40 | 40 < t ≤ 60 | 60 < t ≤ 90 | 90 < t ≤ 180 ---|---|---|---|---|--- Frequency | 26 | 76 | 56 | 24 | 18 [Figure 2a(i) Histogram Grid] (b) Mario recorded the number of books borrowed by each of the 200 visitors to the library. His results are shown in the table. Number of books | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--- Frequency | 17 | 47 | 42 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 13

  1. (a)(i)On the grid, draw a histogram to represent this data.[3]
  2. (a)(ii)Work out the percentage of these visitors who spent more than 40 minutes in the library.[2]
  3. (b)(i)Find the median.[1]
  4. (b)(ii)Calculate the mean.[2]
  5. (b)(iii)One of the visitors is selected at random. Find the probability that this visitor borrowed more than 4 books.[1]
  6. (b)(iv)Two of the visitors are selected at random. Find the probability that only one of them borrowed 6 books. Give your answer as a decimal correct to 4 significant figures.[3]

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  1. [3] Correct histogram with frequency density axis scaled B1 for 4 or more rectangles on correct bases B1 for 4 or more correct frequency densities soi
  2. [2] 49 M1 for 56 + 24 + 18 soi
  3. [1] 2
  4. [2] 2.63 M1 for ([0 × 17] + 1 × 47 + 2 × 42 + 3 × 28 + 4 × 32 + 5 × 21 + 6 × 13) ÷ 200 oe
  5. [1] 34/200 oe
  6. [3] 0.1222 final answer M2 for 2 * (13/200) * (187/199) oe or M1 for (k/200) * ((200-k)/199) [x2] oe where 0 < k < 200 If 0 scored, SC1 for 2 * (13*187)/(200^2) oe

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Topic
Statistics, O-Level Mathematics (syllabus 4024). Structured question, 12 marks.
Source
O-Level Mathematics, Oct/Nov 2019 Paper 2 Variant 1, question 2.

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