2.
Each member of a group of 27 people was timed when completing a puzzle.
The time taken, \(x\) minutes, for each member of the group was recorded.
These times are summarised in the following box and whisker plot.
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- Find the range of the times.
- Find the interquartile range of the times.
For these 27 people \(\sum x = 607.5\) and \(\sum x ^ { 2 } = 17623.25\)
- calculate the mean time taken to complete the puzzle,
- calculate the standard deviation of the times taken to complete the puzzle.
Taruni defines an outlier as a value more than 3 standard deviations above the mean.
- State how many outliers Taruni would say there are in these data, giving a reason for your answer.
Adam and Beth also completed the puzzle in \(a\) minutes and \(b\) minutes respectively, where \(a > b\).
When their times are included with the data of the other 27 people
- the median time increases
- the mean time does not change
- Suggest a possible value for \(a\) and a possible value for \(b\), explaining how your values satisfy the above conditions.
- Without carrying out any further calculations, explain why the standard deviation of all 29 times will be lower than your answer to part (d).