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Find the mode of 14, 25, 14, 28, 18, 17, 18, 14, 23, 22, 14, 18

Arranging the given data in ascending order as follows, we get:

14, 14, 14, 14, 17, 18, 18, 18, 22, 23, 25, 28


Here,


14 occur most frequently that is 4 times


Hence, the mode of the given data is 14


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2

In a mathematics test given to 15 students, the following marks (out of 100) are recorded:

41, 39, 48, 52, 46, 62, 54, 40, 96, 52, 98, 40, 42, 52, 60


Find the mean, median and mode of this data.

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The following observations have been arranged in ascending order. If the median of the data is 63, find the value of x.

29, 32, 48, 50, x, x + 2, 72, 78, 84, 95

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Find the mean salary of 60 workers of a factory from the following table:















Salary (in Rs)



Number of workers



3000


4000


5000


6000


7000


8000


9000


10000



16


12


10


8


6


4


3


1



Total



60


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Give one example of a situation in which

(i) The mean is an appropriate measure of central tendency.


(ii) The mean is not an appropriate measure of central tendency but the median is an appropriate measure of central tendency.