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Transport engineers are interested to study the pattern
and the risk of accidents at a junction. Suppose we observe the following frequency
distribution of the number of accidents in 150 weeks.
Number of Accidents 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7+
Observed frequency 50 30 24 30 10 5 1 0
Find an estimate (to four decimal places) of the average number of accidents in a
week.
Transcribed Image Text:Transport engineers are interested to study the pattern and the risk of accidents at a junction. Suppose we observe the following frequency distribution of the number of accidents in 150 weeks. Number of Accidents 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7+ Observed frequency 50 30 24 30 10 5 1 0 Find an estimate (to four decimal places) of the average number of accidents in a week.
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