TIP

means the sum of the 50 ‘2s’ that have been subtracted, i.e. 100.

EXERCISE 2C

1 Eighty values of x are such that Find the value of

2 Forty values of y are summarised by the total Find
P 3 Five boxes each contain some red sweets and some green sweets. The total number of
sweets in a box is denoted by T. The number of red sweets and the number of green
sweets in a box are denoted by R and G respectively.
In ascending order, the values of T are 11, 13, 17, 20 and 25.
In descending order, the values of T − G are 21, 16, 13, 9 and 7.
a Find the mean number of red sweets in a box.
b What do the five boxes have in common?
4 The midday temperature, t°C, was recorded at a location on the Equator over ten days.
Given that (t − 30) = 6, find the mean temperature over the ten-day period.
5 For 40 values of x, it is given that Find the mean value of x.
6 Twenty children, each carrying an identical heavy object, are weighed. The recorded
masses of the children plus the object are denoted by m. Given that the object has a
mass of 7 kg and that , find the mean mass of the children.
7 Ten girls were each given some money by their parents to spend at a fair. Each girl paid
an entrance fee of $2.50 and then they bought drinks that cost a total of $18. Let the
amount of money that each girl was given be x.
a Find an expression in terms of x for the total amount of money remaining after the
entrance fee was paid, but before the drinks were bought.
b The mean amount remaining after they bought the drinks was $8.20. What was the
mean amount given to the girls by their parents?
8 Twenty values of x are such that When these values of x are considered
together with 30 values of y, the mean of all the values is 24.12. Find the value of

9 On a sports day, 20 adults and 30 children were timed running 200 metres. The times, in
seconds, are denoted by a for the adults and by c for the children.
It is given that and .
a Show that, on average, the children took 8.5 seconds longer than the adults to run
200 metres.
b Find the mean time taken by the adults and children together.

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WORKED EXAMPLE 2.4

The cost of hiring a taxi is made up of a fixed charge of $5 plus $1.20 per kilometre
travelled.
a Write down an expression for the cost in dollars of a taxi journey of x km.
b Arthur made six separate taxi journeys, for which he paid a total of $210. Find the
mean distance that he travelled on these journeys.

Answer

a 1.2x + 5

b means the sum of the six fixed

charges of $5, i.e. $30.