- The table below shows the distances (to the nearest km ) travelled to work by the 50 employees in an office.
| Distance (km) | Frequency (f) | Distance midpoint (x) |
| 0-2 | 16 | 1.25 |
| 3-5 | 12 | 4 |
| 6-10 | 10 | 8 |
| 11-20 | 8 | 15.5 |
| 21-40 | 4 | 30.5 |
$$\text { [You may use } \left. \sum \mathrm { f } x = 394 , \quad \sum \mathrm { f } x ^ { 2 } = 6500 \right]$$
A histogram has been drawn to represent these data.
The bar representing the distance of \(3 - 5\) has a width of 1.5 cm and a height of 6 cm .
- Calculate the width and height of the bar representing the distance of 6-10
- Use linear interpolation to estimate the median distance travelled to work.
- Show that an estimate of the mean distance travelled to work is 7.88 km .
- Estimate the standard deviation of the distances travelled to work.
- Describe, giving a reason, the skewness of these data.
Peng starts to work in this office as the \(51 ^ { \text {st } }\) employee.
She travels a distance of 7.88 km to work. - Without carrying out any further calculations, state, giving a reason, what effect Peng's addition to the workforce would have on your estimates of the
- mean,
- median,
- standard deviation
of the distances travelled to work.