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Qualification => Subject Doubts => IGCSE/ GCSE => Math => Topic started by: vids on May 18, 2009, 06:52:07 am

Title: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: vids on May 18, 2009, 06:52:07 am
maths p4
nov 03 q 8(b)
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: vids on May 18, 2009, 06:54:09 am
histograms???? ???
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: MissDE on May 18, 2009, 07:11:42 am
I really would like to help but am not sure ::)

I think we have to first make the table:
less than 10
less than 15
less than 20
...............................

sry for not helping the way you need :-\
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on May 18, 2009, 07:35:36 am
Find frquency densities by dividing frequencies by the lengths in the intervals

Length         Frequency density
0-10 12/10=1.2
10-15 32/5=6.4
15-20 28/5=5.6
20-25 24/5=4.8
25-40 24/15=1.6

Now draw bars, Length on the x axis and frequency density on the y axis. Make sure you get even scales.
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: Ghost Of Highbury on May 18, 2009, 07:55:26 am
RANGE :0<m<=10            10<M<=15           15<M<=20               20<M<=25           25<M<=40
WIDTH :   10                          5                      5                                5                      15
FREQU.:  12                         32                     28                              24                     25

THE SCALE 2cm - 5 kg
                1cm - 2.5kg

the standard width taken is 2.5
now...
---------------------RULE------------------------------------------------------------------
if class width = n * standars width, then the height of the rectangle = frequency/n
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for the 1st.) 10 = n * 2.5 ...therefore n = 4 => height = 12/4 = 3
          2nd.) 5  = n * 2.5....therefore n = 2 => height = 32/3 = 16
          3rd.) 5  = n * 2.5....therefore n = 2 => height = 28/2 = 14
          4th.) 5  = n * 2.5....therefore n = 2 => height = 24/2 =  12
          5th.) 15  = n * 2.5....therefore n = 6 =>height = 24/6 =  4

v have been taught this method
is this correct.
plz chk the markscheme
i don't have it

Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on May 18, 2009, 07:57:06 am
No the height is the freoency dividing by the length of the interval so for the first one the height is 12/10=1.2
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on May 18, 2009, 07:58:21 am
The height is called the frequency density for histograms.
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: Ghost Of Highbury on May 18, 2009, 08:01:59 am
ohh..
thanks a lot  :)
By the way...wat does the markscheme say..
can u plz upload it
i don't have it
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Post by: sweetsh on May 18, 2009, 08:02:30 am
www.freeexampapers.com
?
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: Ghost Of Highbury on May 18, 2009, 08:05:35 am
ohh..yaa..i'll try in that...
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on May 18, 2009, 08:06:15 am
The ms is there but is in 1 file for all the papers.
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on May 18, 2009, 08:07:26 am
Hey sweetsh your avater is really good!
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: sweetsh on May 18, 2009, 08:08:59 am
Haha! Nice idea right?
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: Ghost Of Highbury on May 18, 2009, 08:09:25 am
i got the markscheme ..
it says..

1 mark for - horizontal scale 2cm = 5cm
1 mark for - k =1
5 marks for the heights - 3k, 16k, 14k, 12k, 4k

??
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on May 18, 2009, 08:10:00 am
Where did you get it? I might get one.
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on May 18, 2009, 08:11:29 am
Then it is the scale times all the frequency densities by 2.5 to get the height.
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: Ghost Of Highbury on May 18, 2009, 08:13:34 am
ohh..
k..
tks
 :)
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: chaosking on May 18, 2009, 08:13:46 am
its quite simple. First make sure that the data is continuous which in your question is i.e when ir say 10<x<15, the next one shud also start with 15 i.e 15<x<25. Then make sure that the class width is equal i.e 15-10 or watever. If class width is equal u plot the frequency and if not then u plot the frequency density which is

Frequency Density=Frequency divided by class width
Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: Ghost Of Highbury on May 18, 2009, 08:17:32 am
u gotta multiply it with th standard width too...
i.e 2.5

Title: Re: help needed..its urgent!!!!histograms
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on May 18, 2009, 08:19:48 am
ok.