Question

A milk centre sold milk to 50 customers. The table below gives the number of customers and the milk they purchased. Find the mean of the milk sold by direct method.

Milk Sold (Litre)	1 – 2	2 – 3	3 – 4	4 – 5	5 – 6
No. of Customers	17	13	10	7	3

Answer 1

Class (Milk sold in litres)	Class Mark xi	Frequency (Number of customers) fi	Class mark × Frequency fixi
1 – 2	1.5	17	25.5
2 – 3	2.5	13	32.5
3 – 4	3.5	10	35
4 – 5	4.5	7	31.5
5 – 6	5.5	3	16.5
Total	–	`sumf_i` = 50	`sumf_i x_i` = 141

Mean = `(sumf_i x_i)/(sumf_i)`

= `141/50`

= 2.82 litres

Hence, the mean of the milk sold is 2.82 litres.