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CBSE - Mathematics - Statistics

Statistics

NCERT Exercise Exercise 14.2

The value of π up to 50 decimal places is given below:

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510

(i) Make a frequency distribution of the digits from 0 to 9 after the decimal point.

(ii) What are the most and the least frequently occurring digits?

(i) By observation of the digits after decimal point, the required table can be constructed as follows.

Digit

Frequency

0

2

1

5

2

5

3

8

4

4

5

5

6

4

7

4

8

5

9

8

Total

50

(ii) It can be observed from the above table that the least frequency is 2 of digit 0, and the maximum frequency is 8 of digit 3 and 9. Therefore, the most frequently occurring digits are 3 and 9 and the least frequently occurring digit is 0.

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