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Question 2

A sample of red-eyed tree frogs is taken from an area surrounding a pond in central Queensland. The lengths of the frogs in millimetres are:

33 35 45 50 55 58 32 56 60 32

The sample mean for the length of frogs is:

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Question 3

The mass of 22 people is recorded in kilograms below.

77 85.5 63 80.5 79.5 94 66 69 65 58 69.5
74 74 68 80 66 54.5 64 84 73 89 94
a The mean mass of the population is:
check answer for question 3a.
b The mean of the ten smallest masses is:
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c The mean of the ten largest masses is:
check answer for question 3c.
d If a sample of ten was selected from this population, the largest variation in the mean would be from:
check answer for question 3d.