The following table gives the distribution of gas bills (GB’s) of some households (hhs) in a city- GB’s ($.’0) No. of hhs 375-450 41 450-525 95 525-600 31 600-675 61 675-750 19 (i) Calculate the ideal measures of dispersion. (ii) Make comments from your findings.

The following table gives the distribution of gas bills (GB’s) of some households (hhs) in a city- GB’s ($.’0) No. of hhs 375-450 41 450-525 95 525-600 31 600-675 61 675-750 19 (i) Calculate the ideal measures of dispersion. (ii) Make comments from your findings.

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The following table gives the distribution of gas bills (GB’s) of some households (hhs) in a city-

GB’s ($.’0)	No. of hhs
375-450	41
450-525	95
525-600	31
600-675	61
675-750	19

(i) Calculate the ideal measures of dispersion.
(ii) Make comments from your findings.

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