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Question
The weekly wages (in Rs) of 30 workers in a factory are.
830, 835, 890, 810, 835, 836, 869, 845, 898, 890, 820, 860, 832, 833, 855, 845, 804, 808, 812, 840, 885, 835, 835, 836, 878, 840, 868, 890, 806, 840
Using tally marks make a frequency table with intervals as 800 − 810, 810 − 820 and so on.
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Solution
A frequency distribution table by using tally marks for the above data is as follows.
| Interval | Tally marks | Frequency |
| 800 − 810 | ![]() |
3 |
| 810 − 820 | ![]() |
2 |
| 820 − 830 | ![]() |
1 |
| 830 − 840 | ![]() |
9 |
| 840 − 850 | ![]() |
5 |
| 850 − 860 | ![]() |
1 |
| 860 − 870 | ![]() |
3 |
| 870 − 880 | ![]() |
1 |
| 880 − 890 | ![]() |
1 |
| 890 − 900 | ![]() |
4 |
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