In a ready-made garment shop, on a particular day the following sizes of shirts were sold:
34, 38, 42, 40, 44, 32, 34, 36, 42, 40, 44, 36, 38, 42, 44, 40, 38, 40, 42, 32, 34, 38, 42, 40, 36, 42, 40, 38, 36, 40
Arrange the above data in ascending order and construct frequency distribution table. Also answer the following questions:
(i) Which shirt size had the maximum sale?
(ii) Which shirt size had the minimum sale?
(iii) The number of shirts sold of size 42 or greater than size 42.
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Arranging the given data in ascending order, we get:
32, 32, 34, 34, 34, 36, 36, 36, 36, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 42, 42, 42, 42, 42, 42, 44, 44, 44
The frequency distribution table for the given data is:
| Size of shirts | Tally marks | Number of shirts (Frequency) |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | || | 2 |
| 34 | ||| | 3 |
| 36 | |||| | 4 |
| 38 | |||| | 5 |
| 40 | |||| || | 7 |
| 42 | |||| | | 6 |
| 44 | ||| | 3 |
(i) The shirt size 40 had the maximum sale as it has the highest frequency (7).
Hence, shirt size 40 had the maximum sale.
(ii) The shirt size 32 had the minimum sale as it has the lowest frequency (2).
Hence, shirt size 32 had the minimum sale.
(iii) The number of shirts sold of size 42 or greater than size 42 = 6 + 3 = 9.
Hence, 9 shirts of size 42 or greater than size 42 were sold.





