The masses, in grams, of 200 apples of each of variety A and variety B are recorded. The cumulative frequency curves show the distributions of their masses.

  1. (i)

    Use the curve to estimate

    1. (a)

      the median mass for variety A,

      Answer ... g

    2. (b)

      the 60th percentile for variety B,

      Answer ... g

    3. (c)

      the interquartile range for variety B.

      Answer ... g

  2. (ii)

    George sells apples in packs of 6.
    He uses apples with a mass between 80 g and 120 g and rejects the rest.

    Which variety of apples would be better for George to use? Justify your answer using appropriate figures.

    ... because ...

    ...

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