CHAPTER 5 – Measures of Central Tendency

Arithmetic Mean

Q1
Solution:
Xi 3 5 7 9 11 13 17 19 20 21

∑ 𝑋𝑖
Average 𝑋̅ = 𝑁
∑ 𝑋𝑖 = 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 20 + 21 = 125
N = 10
125
𝑋̅ = 10 = 12.5

Q2
Solution:
∑ 𝑋𝑖
Average 𝑋̅ = 𝑁
∑ 𝑋𝑖 = 100 + 120 + 80 + 85 + 95 + 130 + 200 + 250 + 225 +
275 = 1560
N = 10
1560
Average daily income = 𝑋̅ = 10 = 156

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Q3
Solution:
Direct method
Xi F i XiFi
2 3 6
4 6 24
5 3 15
8 7 56
9 10 90
∑ 𝐹𝑖 ∑ 𝑋𝑖 𝐹𝑖
= 29 = 191

∑ 𝑋𝑖𝐹 191
Average 𝑋̅ = ∑ 𝐹 𝑖 = = 6.58
𝑖 29

Q4
Solution:
Direct Method
Height (in cm) Number of Flowers XiFi
Xi Fi
55 10 550
58 12 696
60 18 1080
62 12 744
64 10 640
65 7 455
∑ 𝐹𝑖 = 69 ∑ 𝑋𝑖 𝐹𝑖 = 4165

∑ 𝑋𝑖𝐹 4165
Average 𝑋̅ = ∑ 𝐹 𝑖 = = 60.36
𝑖 69

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Q5
Solution:
Direct Method
Marks Mid-Point Number of Students XiFi
(Class interval) (Xi) (Fi)
0-4 2 7 14
4-8 6 9 54
8-12 10 16 160
12-16 14 8 112
16-20 18 6 108
20-24 22 4 88
∑ 𝐹𝑖 = 50 ∑ 𝑋𝑖 𝐹𝑖 = 536

∑ 𝑋𝑖𝐹 536
Average 𝑋̅ = ∑ 𝐹 𝑖 = = 10.72
𝑖 50

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