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Chapter 1: Q T1.4. (page 79)

Earthquake intensities are measured using a device called a seismograph, which is designed to be most sensitive to earthquakes with intensities between 4.0and 9.0on the Richter scale. Measurements of nine earthquakes gave the following readings:

where L indicates that the earthquake had an intensity below 4.0and an H indicates that the earthquake had an intensity above 9.0The median earthquake intensity of the sample is

(a) 5.75(c) 6.47 (e) Cannot be determined.

(b) 6.00 (d) 8.70

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The correct option is (b) 6.00

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01

Given information  

4.5L5.5H8.78.96.0H5.2

The letter Ldenotes a magnitude of less than 4.0whereas the letter Hdenotes a magnitude of greater than 9.0

02

Concept

The total of all observations divided by the number of observations is the observation means. The median of a distribution organized in ascending order is the midway.

03

Explanation

The sample's median earthquake intensity was (L,4.5,5.2,5.5,6,8.7,8.9,H,H) Here, L denotes an earthquake with a magnitude less than 4.0 and h denotes an earthquake with a magnitude greater than 9.0 Therefore, (b) 6.00 is the correct option.

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