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The table below shows information about the thickness of each of the books on a shelf.

Work out an estimate for the mean book thickness.
Give your answer as a decimal.

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline Thickness, [tex][tex]$x \, ( \text{mm} )$[/tex][/tex] & Frequency \\
\hline [tex][tex]$0 \ \textless \ x \leq 2$[/tex][/tex] & 4 \\
\hline [tex][tex]$2 \ \textless \ x \leq 4$[/tex][/tex] & 9 \\
\hline [tex][tex]$4 \ \textless \ x \leq 6$[/tex][/tex] & 7 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}



Answer :

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To estimate the mean book thickness from the given data, we need to follow these steps:

1. Determine the midpoints for each interval:
- For the interval [tex]\( 0 < x \leq 2 \)[/tex]: The midpoint is [tex]\(\frac{0 + 2}{2} = 1.0\)[/tex] mm.
- For the interval [tex]\( 2 < x \leq 4 \)[/tex]: The midpoint is [tex]\(\frac{2 + 4}{2} = 3.0\)[/tex] mm.
- For the interval [tex]\( 4 < x \leq 6 \)[/tex]: The midpoint is [tex]\(\frac{4 + 6}{2} = 5.0\)[/tex] mm.

2. Multiply each midpoint by its corresponding frequency to find the sum of the products:
- For the interval [tex]\( 0 < x \leq 2 \)[/tex]: [tex]\(1.0 \times 4 = 4.0\)[/tex]
- For the interval [tex]\( 2 < x \leq 4 \)[/tex]: [tex]\(3.0 \times 9 = 27.0\)[/tex]
- For the interval [tex]\( 4 < x \leq 6 \)[/tex]: [tex]\(5.0 \times 7 = 35.0\)[/tex]

3. Calculate the total sum of these products:
[tex]\[ 4.0 + 27.0 + 35.0 = 66.0 \][/tex]

4. Calculate the total frequency (total number of books):
[tex]\[ 4 + 9 + 7 = 20 \][/tex]

5. Divide the sum of the products by the total frequency to get the estimated mean thickness:
[tex]\[ \frac{66.0}{20} = 3.3 \text{ mm} \][/tex]

Thus, the estimate for the mean book thickness is [tex]\( \boxed{3.3 \text{ mm}} \)[/tex].

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