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For the following data of daily expenditure of families (in ₹), compute the expenditure below which 75% of families include their expenditure.
Daily expenditure (in ₹) | 350 | 450 | 550 | 650 | 750 |
No. of families | 16 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 13 |
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Solution
To find the expenditure below which 75% of families have their expenditure, we have to find Q3.
We construct the less than cumulative frequency table as given below:
Daily expenditure (in ₹) | No. of families (f) | Less than cumulative frequency (c.f.) |
350 | 16 | 16 |
450 | 19 | 35 |
550 | 24 | 59 |
650 | 28 | 87 ← Q3 |
750 | 13 | 100 |
Total | 100 |
Here, n = 100
Q3 = value of 3 `(("n" + 1)/4)^"th"`observation
= value of `3((100+1)/4)^"th"`observation
= value of (3 × 25.25)th observation
= value of (75.75)th observation
Cumulative frequency which is just greater than (or equal to) 75.75 is 87.
∴ Q3 = 650
∴ The expenditure below which 75% of families include their expenditure is 650.
Concept: Quartiles
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