$A$ survey was conducted by a group of students as a part of their environment awareness programme,in which they collected the following data regarding the number of plants in $20$ houses in a locality. Find the mean number of plants per house.
Number of plants$0-2$$2-4$$4-6$$6-8$$8-10$$10-12$$12-14$
Number of houses$1$$2$$1$$5$$6$$2$$3$

Which method did you use for finding the mean,and why?

  • A
    $6.9$
  • B
    $9.0$
  • C
    $7.8$
  • D
    $8.1$

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$A$ class teacher has the following absentee record of $40$ students of a class for the whole term. Find the mean number of $days$ a student was absent.
$\begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Number of days} & 0-6 & 6-10 & 10-14 & 14-20 & 20-28 & 28-38 & 38-40 \\ \hline \text{Number of students} & 11 & 10 & 7 & 4 & 4 & 3 & 1 \\ \hline \end{array}$

If the mean of $12, 13, x, 17, 18$ and $20$ is $16,$ then $x = \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots .$

The following distribution gives the daily income of $50$ workers of a factory.
Daily income (in Rs.)$100-120$$120-140$$140-160$$160-180$$180-200$
Number of workers$12$$14$$8$$6$$10$

Convert the distribution above to a less than type cumulative frequency distribution,and draw its ogive.

In the formula $\bar{x} = A + \frac{\Sigma f_{i} u_{i}}{\Sigma f_{i}} \times c$ for the mean,$u_{i} = \ldots \ldots \ldots$

Consider the following distribution of daily wages of $50$ workers of a factory.
$\begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Daily wages (in Rs.)} & 100-120 & 120-140 & 140-160 & 160-180 & 180-200 \\ \hline \text{Number of workers} & 12 & 14 & 8 & 6 & 10 \\ \hline \end{array}$
Find the mean daily wages of the workers of the factory by using an appropriate method.

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