A bus and tram travel the same route many times during the day

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · GCSE · Mathematics · Statistics · Statistics

Problem

A bus and tram travel the same route many times during the day. The drivers counted the number of passengers on each trip one day, as listed below. | <b>Bus</b> | | | | | | | | <b>Tram</b> | | | | | | | | |------------|----|----|----|----|----|----|--|-------------|----|----|----|----|----|--|--| | 30 | 43 | 40 | 53 | 70 | 50 | 63 | | 58 | 68 | 43 | 45 | 70 | 79 | | | | 41 | 38 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 43 | 48 | | 38 | 23 | 30 | 22 | 63 | 73 | | | | 20 | 26 | 35 | 48 | 41 | 33 | | | 25 | 35 | 60 | 53 | | | | | (a) Use technology to calculate the mean and median number of passengers for both the *Bus* and *Tram* data. (b) Which method of transport do you think is more popular? Explain your answer.

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