A major airport recently hired consultant John Cadariu to study the problem of air traffic delays. He recorded the number of minutes planes were late for a sample of flights in the following table:Minutes late             0 < 10   10 < 20   20 < 30   30 < 40   40 < 50   50 < 60Number of flights      30             25           13              6               5             4a. Estimate the mean number of minutes late.b. Estimate the sample variance and standard deviation.

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A major airport recently hired consultant John Cadariu to study the problem of air traffic delays. He recorded the number of minutes planes were late for a sample of flights in the following table:

Minutes late             0 < 10   10 < 20   20 < 30   30 < 40   40 < 50   50 < 60
Number of flights      30             25           13              6               5             4

a. Estimate the mean number of minutes late.
b. Estimate the sample variance and standard deviation.

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