AVERAGE

 Average= Sum of Observations/Number of observations

 Sum of observations= Average*Number of observations

 Number of observations= Sum of observations/Average

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 If the value of each item is increase by the same value a, then the
average of the group or items will also increase by a.

 If the value of each item is decreased by the same value a, then the
average of the group of items will also decrease by a.

 If the value of each item is multiplied by the same value a, then the
average of the group or items will also get multiplied by a.

 If the value of each item is divide by the same value a, then the

average of the group or items will also get divided by a.

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 If we know only the average of the two groups individually, we
cannot find out the average of the combined group of items.

 Average of n natural no's=(n+1)/2

 Average of “n” consecutive positive even terms starting from 2

=(n+1)

 Average of ”n” consecutive positive odd terms starting from

1= n

 General Formula=(1st number +Last number)/2

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When a person joins a group without any replacement, then there can be 2 scenarios:

Scenario I: When the average age increases then,

Age of the incoming person = previous average age of the group + no. of
persons including the person who joined * increase in the average age value
Scenario II: When the average age decreases then,
Age of the incoming person = previous average age of the group – no. of present
persons including the person who joined * decrease in the average age value
Question: The average age of 20 teachers is 45 years which is decreased by 6/7 years
when a student joins the group. Then what is the age of the student?
Solution:  
Age of the outgoing person = previous average age of the group – new no. of persons
including the person who joined * decrease in the average age value
Therefore, age of the student = 45 – 21 * 6/7 = 27 years
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Example:- If the average weight of 6 persons is 50 kg. One person whose
weight is 57kg is included to the group. Find the new average of the
group?
Ans. 51 kg

Example:- If the average weight of 6 persons is 50 kg. one person whose

weight is 43 kg is included to the group. Find the new average of the
group?
Ans. 51

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Example : If the average weight of 6 persons is 50 kg. One person
whose weight is 55kg is excluded from the group. Find the new
average of the group?
Ans.49 kg

Example:- If the average weight of 6 persons is 50 kg. One person

whose weight is 45 kg is excluded from the group. Find the new
average of the group?
Ans. 51

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Question: The mean of five numbers is 28. If one of the
numbers is excluded, the mean gets reduced by 2. Find the
excluded number?
Ans. 36

Question: The age 7 persons is 60 years. If one person whose

age is 48 years is excluded from the group. Find the new
average age for the group?
Ans 62

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When a person leaves a group and another person replaces him, then there can
be 2 scenarios:
Scenario I: When the average age increases then,
Age of the new comer = age of person who left + (no. of persons in the group *
increase in average age)
Scenario II: When the average decreases then,
Age of the new comer = age of the person who left – (no. of persons in the group
* decrease in average age)
Question: The average age of 45 persons is decreased by 1/9 year when one of
them whose age is 60 years is replaced by a new comer. What is the age of the
new comer.
Solution:
Age of the new comer = age of the person who left – (no. of persons in the group
* decrease in average age)
Age of the new comer = 60 – (45 * 1/9) = 55 years
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Question: The average height of 30 boys was calculated to be 150
cm. It was detected later that one value of 165 cm was wrongly
copied as 135 cm for the computation of the mean. Find the
correct mean.
Ans 151
Question: The mean of 16 items was found to be 30. On rechecking,
it was found that two items were wrongly taken as 22 and 18
instead of 32 and 28 respectively. Find the correct mean.
Ans. 31.25

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 Weighted average:

If the number of quantities in two groups are n1 and

n2 respectively and their individual average is X and Y
respectively, the combined average of the two groups is given by;
(n1X+n2Y)/n1+n2

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Ques: John pays 30% tax and Ingrid pays 40% tax. Their combined tax rate
is 37%. If John’s gross salary is $54000, what is Ingrid’s gross salary?
Ans . 126000
Ques : There are 15 boys and 20 girls in a group. Average marks of the
group is and average marks of girls is 10 . What is the average marks of
the boys?

Ans.24

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 Average speed
 If a person travels a distance at a speed of x km/hr and the same
distance at a speed of y km/hr then the average speed during the
whole journey is given by-

 If a person covers A km at x km/hr and B km at y km/hr and C km at

z km/hr, then the average speed in covering the whole distance is-  

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Ques: A bus covers a certain distance at an average speed of 40 mph,
while returning the same distance it runs at an average speed of 60
mph. What is the average speed of the bus throughout the journey?
Ans . 48 mph
Ques : A train covered first 150 miles of its journey at an average speed of
50 mph. After that it met with a small accident and its speed decreases
to ‘a’ mph. It continued its journey for 4 hrs and then its speed
decreased further to 20 mph. Running at this speed, the train completed
the journey in total 12 hrs. Find the value of ‘a’, if the average speed of
the whole journey is 33.33 mph?
Ans 37.5 mph

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 Practice Questions:
1. Average of all prime numbers between 30 to 50
A. 37 B. 37.8 C. 39 D. 39.8

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2. The average of four consecutive odd numbers is 24. Find the largest
number.
A. 25 B. 27 C. 29 D. 31

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3. Average of 10 numbers is zero. At most how many numbers may
be greater than zero
A. 0 B. 1 C. 5 D. 9

SOL.D

4. A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on

other day. The average number of visitors in a month of 30 days
starting with Sunday is
A. 280 B. 285 C. 290 D. 295

SOL.B

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5.  A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17th match and thus
increases his average by 3. Find his average after 17th match
A.36 B. 37 C. 38 D.39

SOL. D

6.  Average weight of 10 people increased by 1.5 kg when one person

of 45 kg is replaced by a new man. Then weight of the new man is
A. 50 B. 55 C. 60 D. 65

SOL.C

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7. Average of five numbers is 27. If one number is excluded
the average becomes 25. The excluded number is

A. 35
B. 45
C. 55
D. 65

SOL.A

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8. The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago
was 27 years and that of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20
years. The present age of the husband is

A. 40
B. 35
C. 45
D. 55

SOL.A

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9.A motorist travel to a place 150 km away at an average speed
of 50 km/hr and returns a 30 km/hr. His average speed for the
whole journey in km/hr is

A. 36.5 km/hr
B. 37.5 km/hr
C. 35.5 km/hr
D. 34.5 km/hr

SOL.B
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10. When a student weighing 45 kg’s left a class, the average
weight of the remaining 59 students increased by 200g. What is the
average weight of the remaining 59 students

A. 55
B. 56
C. 57
D. 58

SOL.C

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11. Marks of a student were wrongly entered in computer as 83,
actual marks of that student were 63. Due to this mistake average
marks of whole class got increased by half (1/2). Find the total
number of students in that class.

A. 25
B. 30
C. 35
D. 40
E. 45

SOL.D

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12. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2.
What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the
target of 282 runs?

A. 6.25
B. 5.5
C. 7.4
D. 5

SOL. A

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13. The average monthly income of A and B is Rs. 5050. The
average monthly income of B and C is Rs. 6250 and the average
monthly income of A and C is Rs. 5200. What is the monthly
income of A?

A. 2000
B. 3000
C. 4000
D. 5000

SOL. C

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14. The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a
new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What is
the weight of the new person?

A. 75 Kg
B. 50 Kg
C. 85 Kg
D. 80 Kg

SOL. C

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15. The average age of a husband and his wife was 23 years at the
time of their marriage. After five years they have a one year old
child. What is the average age of the family ?

A. 21 years
B. 20 years
C. 18 years
D. 19 years

SOL. D

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16. In an examination, a student's average marks were 63. If he
had obtained 20 more marks for his Geography and 2 more marks
for his history, his average would have been 65. How many
subjects were there in the examination?

A. 12
B. 11
C. 13
D. 14

SOL. B
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