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Question 5 In a retail market, fruit vendors were selling mangoes kept in packing boxes. These boxes contained varying number of mangoes. The following was the distribution of mangoes according to the number of boxes.

Number of mangoes50-5253-5556-5859- 6162-64
Number of boxes1511013511525

Find the mean number of mangoes kept in a packing box. Which method of finding the mean did you choose?
Solution:

The given data is not continuous, so we add 0.5 to the upper limit and subtract 0.5 from the lower limit as the gap between two intervals is 1.

Here, assumed mean (a) = 57

Class size (h) = 3

Here, the step deviation is used because the frequency values are big.

Class IntervalNumber of boxes $(f_i)$Mid-point $(x_i)$$u_i$ = $ \dfrac{(x_i – 57)}{h}$$f_i u_i$
49.5-52.51551- 2-30
52.5-55.511054-1-110
55.5- 58.513557 = a00
58.5- 61.5115601115
61.5- 64.52563250
Sum $f_i$ = 400Sum $f_i u_i$ = 25

The formula to find out the Mean is:

Mean = $\overline{x} = a + h(\dfrac{∑f_iu_i }{∑f_i}$)

= 57 + 3($\dfrac{25}{400}$)

= 57 + 0.1875

= 57.19

Therefore, the mean number of mangoes kept in a packing box is 57.19

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Number of mangoes50-5253-5556-5859- 6162-64
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Find the mean number of mangoes kept in a packing box. Which method of finding the mean did you choose?

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