Edexcel S1 — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeCoding to simplify calculation

3. The variable \(X\) represents the marks out of 150 scored by a group of students in an examination. The following ten values of \(X\) were obtained: $$60,66,76,80,94,106,110,116,124,140 .$$
  1. Write down the median, \(M\), of the ten marks.
  2. Using the coding \(y = \frac { x - M } { 2 }\), and showing all your working clearly, find the mean and the standard deviation of the marks.
  3. Find \(\mathrm { E } ( 3 X - 5 )\).