Quantitative: Statistics and Sets Problems Flashcards
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The numbers 7, 7, 8, 10, 13 have what range?
Answer: 6
Range = 13 − 7 = 6.
A set of consecutive integers from 1 to 9 has what mean?
Answer: 5
For consecutive integers the mean equals the median, which is 5.
If 60% of 50 students passed a test, how many failed?
Answer: 20
60% passed means 40% failed, and 0.40 × 50 = 20.
A set has 3 elements all distinct. How many proper subsets does it have?
Answer: 7
Total subsets are 2^3 = 8, and proper subsets exclude the set itself, leaving 7.
The average of x and y is 14, and the average of x, y, and z is 16. What is z?
Answer: 20
x + y = 28 and x + y + z = 48, so z = 20.
In a survey, every respondent owns a car, a bike, or both. If 50 own cars, 30 own bikes, and 65 total responded, how many own both?
Answer: 15
Both = 50 + 30 − 65 = 15.
If a data set's mean is greater than its median, the distribution is most likely:
Answer: Skewed right
A mean above the median indicates a right (positive) skew pulled by larger values.