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Age of teachers of a school varies from 24 years to 72 years. Rishabh has to make a grouped frequency distribution table of age of teachers. Which among the following class intervals of age will be most appropriate to make meaningful conclusion in less time and effort?

  1. 24 - 26, 26 - 28, 28 - 30, and so on

  2. 24 - 30, 30 - 36, 36 - 42, and so on

  3. 24 - 48, 48 - 72

  4. none of these

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Answer

Age of teachers varies from 24 years to 72 years

So, Range = 72 - 24 = 48

By checking the option (ii)

Class size = 6

Total classes = 486\dfrac{48}{6}

= 8 classes

∴ 8 class intervals are suitable to check the age of teachers.

Hence, option 2 is the correct option.

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