OCR MEI D1 2011 June — Question 1

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleD1 (Decision Mathematics 1)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicData representation
TypeInappropriate graph type selection

1 Two students draw graphs to represent the numbers of pairs of shoes owned by members of their class. Andrew produces a bipartite graph, but gets it wrong. Barbara produces a completely correct frequency graph. Their graphs are shown below. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{2e03f6fb-69db-438a-a79e-3e04fab0d08a-2_652_593_575_278} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Andrew's graph}
\end{figure} \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{2e03f6fb-69db-438a-a79e-3e04fab0d08a-2_663_652_667_1142} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Barbara's graph}
\end{figure}
  1. Draw a correct bipartite graph.
  2. How many people are in the class?
  3. How many pairs of shoes in total are owned by members of the class?
  4. Which points on Barbara's graph may be deleted without losing any information? Charles produces the same frequency graph as Barbara, but joins consecutive points with straight lines.
  5. Criticise Charles's graph.