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Mathematics Higher Level Robert Joinson

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©Sumbooks2003<strong>Higher</strong> <strong>Level</strong>92 Box Plots1) There are 150 apple trees in the cider farmer’s orchard. The following figures relate to theirheights.Tallest tree 450cmSmallest tree 250cmLower quartile 310cm Upper quartile 360cmMedian 334cmRepresent this information on a box plot.2) The box plot below represents the life of 30 Regular electric light bulbs tested by the ShinyElectric Light Company.200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900Life of bulbs (in hours)1,000When they test the Super bulbs they get the following results.Shortest life 350 hoursLongest life 950 hoursLower quartile 650 hours Upper quartile 770 hoursMedian life 720 hours.Copy the diagram and on it show the box plot for the Super bulbs.Compare the two types of bulbs and make comments.3) The diagram shows two box plots representing the diameters of rods made on two machines.Two samples of 100 rods were taken from each of the machines.Machine AMachine B15.05DiameterofRods (mm)15.0014.95The rods are produced to a diameter of 15.00 mm and any rod which is more than 0.01mmabove or below that value is a) scrapped if it is too small or b) re-machined if it is too large.Any value between these allowances is acceptable.Use the diagrams to comment on the accuracy of the machines.

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