CAIE S1 2015 June — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeStandard combined mean and SD

5 The table shows the mean and standard deviation of the weights of some turkeys and geese.
Number of birdsMean (kg)Standard deviation (kg)
Turkeys97.11.45
Geese185.20.96
  1. Find the mean weight of the 27 birds.
  2. The weights of individual turkeys are denoted by \(x _ { t } \mathrm {~kg}\) and the weights of individual geese by \(x _ { g } \mathrm {~kg}\). By first finding \(\Sigma x _ { t } ^ { 2 }\) and \(\Sigma x _ { g } ^ { 2 }\), find the standard deviation of the weights of all 27 birds.