Edexcel S1 2007 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2007
SessionJune
TopicData representation
TypeEstimate percentages or proportions from graphs

2. The box plot in Figure 1 shows a summary of the weights of the luggage, in kg, for each musician in an orchestra on an overseas tour. \begin{figure}[h]
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\end{figure} The airline's recommended weight limit for each musician's luggage was 45 kg . Given that none of the musicians' luggage weighed exactly 45 kg ,
  1. state the proportion of the musicians whose luggage was below the recommended weight limit. A quarter of the musicians had to pay a charge for taking heavy luggage.
  2. State the smallest weight for which the charge was made.
  3. Explain what you understand by the + on the box plot in Figure 1, and suggest an instrument that the owner of this luggage might play.
  4. Describe the skewness of this distribution. Give a reason for your answer. One musician of the orchestra suggests that the weights of luggage, in kg, can be modelled by a normal distribution with quartiles as given in Figure 1.
  5. Find the standard deviation of this normal distribution.