A hint to get started
Combine geometric heights with a weighted class mean
A class has boys with AP heights and girls with GP heights. The shortest boy and girl are each cm. The tallest boy is cm, and the fourth-shortest girl is cm.
(i) Show the girls’ common ratio is and find the tallest girl’s height to 1 d.p. marks
(ii) Find how many girls are taller than cm. marks
(iii) Find the girls’ mean height to 1 d.p. marks
(iv) Find the class mean to 1 d.p. marks
[2013/NYJC/Promo/9]
CJC · Review problems · Question 19
The fourth term has exponent three; weight the final averages by 16 and 10.