Statistics: Measures of Central Tendency · Class 11 · CBSE · Commerce Economics

The values 10, 20, 30 and 40 have frequencies 2, 3, 4 and 1 respectively. What is their arithmetic mean?

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The values 10, 20, 30 and 40 have frequencies 2, 3, 4 and 1 respectively. What is their arithmetic mean?

  1. A.20
  2. B.22
  3. C.24Correct answer
  4. D.26

Solution

The total frequency is 10 and the sum of frequency-adjusted values is 10(2)+20(3)+30(4)+40(1)=24010(2)+20(3)+30(4)+40(1)=240. Therefore, the mean is 240/10=24240/10=24.

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