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# RD Sharma solutions for Class 9 Mathematics chapter 24 - Measures of Central Tendency

## Chapter 24 : Measures of Central Tendency

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If the heights of 5 persons are 140 cm, 150 cm, 152 cm, 158 cm and 161 cm respectively,
find the mean height.

Find the mean of 994, 996, 998, 1002 and 1000.

Find the mean of first five natural numbers .

Find the mean of all factors of 10.

Find the mean of first 10 even natural numbers.

Find the mean of x, x + 2, x + 4, x +6, x + 8.

Find the mean of first five multiples of 3.

Following are the weights (in kg) of 10 new born babies in a hospital on a particular day:
3.4, 3.6, 4.2, 4.5, 3.9, 4.1, 3.8, 4.5, 4.4, 3.6. Find the mean   x.

The percentage of marks obtained by students of a class in mathematics are : 64, 36, 47, 23,
0, 19, 81, 93, 72, 35, 3, 1. Find their mean.

The numbers of children in 10 families of a locality are:
2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 0, 3, 5, 1, 1, 5. Find the mean number of children per family.

If M is the mean of x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 , x5 and x6, prove that
(x1 − M) + (x2 − M) + (x3 − M) + (x4 − M) + (x5 — M) + (x6 − M) = 0.

Durations of sunshine (in hours) in Amritsar for first 10 days of August 1997 as reported by
the Meteorological Department are given below: 9.6, 5.2, 3.5, 1.5, 1.6, 2.4, 2.6, 8.4, 10.3, 10.9

(i) Find the mean 𝑋 ̅
(ii) Verify that = sum _ ( i = 1)^10(xi - x ) = 0

Explain, by taking a suitable example, how the arithmetic mean alters by

(i) adding a constant k to each term

(ii) subtracting a constant k from each them

(iii) multiplying each term by a constant k and

(iv) dividing each term by a non-zero constant k.

The mean of marks scored by 100 students was found to be 40. Later on it was discovered
that a score of 53 was misread as 83. Find the correct mean.

The traffic police recorded the speed (in kmlhr) of 10 motorists as 47, 53, 49, 60, 39, 42, 55,57, 52, 48. Later on an error in recording instrument was found. Find the correct overagespeed of the motorists if the instrument recorded 5 km/hr less in each case.

The mean of five numbers is 27. If one number is excluded, their mean is 25. Find the
excluded number.

The mean weight per student in a group of 7 students is 55 kg. The individual weights of 6
of them (in kg) are 52, 54, 55, 53, 56 and 54. Find the weight of the seventh student.

The mean weight of 8 numbers is 15. If each number is multiplied by 2, what will be the new mean?

The mean of 5 numbers is 18. If one number is excluded, their mean is 16. Find the excluded number.

The mean of 200 items was 50. Later on, it was discovered that the two items were misread
as 92 and 8 instead of 192 and 88. Find the correct mean.

Find the values of n and X in each of the following cases :

(i)  sum _(i = 1)^n(xi - 12) = - 10 sum _(i = 1)^n(xi - 3) = 62

(ii) sum _(i = 1)^n (xi - 10) = 30  sum _(i = 6)^n (xi - 6) = 150 .

The sums of the deviations of a set of n values 𝑥1, 𝑥2, … . 𝑥11 measured from 15 and −3 are − 90 and 54 respectively. Find the valùe of n and mean.

Find the sum of the deviations of the variate values 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14 from their mean.

If x is the mean of the ten natural numbers x_1, x_2 , x_3+....... + x_10 show that (x1 -x) + (x2 - x) +.........+ (x10 - x)` = 0

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Calculate the mean for the following distribution:

 x : 5 6 7 8 9 f : 4 8 14 11 3

Find the mean of the following data:

 x : 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 f : 13 15 16 18 16 15 13

The mean of the following data is 20.6. Find the value of p.

 x : 10 15 p 25 35 f : 3 10 25 7 5

If the mean of the following data is 15, find p.

 x: 5 10 15 20 25 f : 6 p 6 10 5

Find the value of p for the following distribution whose mean is 16.6

 x: 8 12 15 p 20 25 30 f : 12 16 20 24 16 8 4

Find the missing value of p for the following distribution whose mean is 12.58.

 x 5 8 10 12 p 20 25 f 2 5 8 22 7 4 2

Find the missing frequency (p) for the following distribution whose mean is 7.68.

 x 3 5 7 9 11 13 f 6 8 15 p 8 4

Find the mean of the following distribution:

 x : 10 12 20 25 35 F : 3 10 15 7 5

Candidates of four schools appear in a mathematics test. The data were as follows:

 Schools No. of candidates Average score 1 60 75 2 48 80 3 N A 55 4 40 50

If the average score of the candidates of all the four schools is 66, find the number of
candidates that appeared from school 3.

Five coins were simultaneously tossed 1000 times and at each toss the number of heads wereobserved. The number of tosses during which 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 heads were obtained are shown in the table below. Find the mean number of heads per toss.

 No. of heads per toss No.of tosses 0 38 1 144 2 342 3 287 4 164 5 25 TOtal 1000

Find the missing frequencies in the following frequency distribution if its known that the mean of the distribution is 50.

 x 10 30 50 70 90 f 17 f1 32 f2 19 Total =120

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Find the median of the following data (1-8)

83, 37, 70, 29, 45, 63, 41, 70, 34, 54

Find the median of the following data (1-8)

133, 73, 89, 108, 94, 1O4, 94, 85, 100, 120

Find the median of the following data (1-8)

31 , 38, 27, 28, 36, 25, 35, 40

Find the median of the following data (1-8)

15, 6, 16, 8, 22, 21, 9, 18, 25

Find the median of the following data (1-8)

41, 43, 127, 99, 71, 92, 71, 58, 57

Find the median of the following data (1-8)

25, 34, 31, 23, 22, 26, 35, 29, 20, 32

Find the median of the following data (1-8)

12, 17, 3, 14, 5, 8, 7, 15

Find the median of the following data (1-8)

92, 35, 67, 85, 72, 81, 56, 51, 42, 69

Numbers 50, 42, 35, 2x + 10, 2x − 8, 12, 11, 8 are written in descending order and their
median is 25, find x.

Find the median of the following observations : 46, 64, 87, 41, 58, 77, 35, 90, 55, 92, 33. If 92 is replaced by 99 and 41 by 43 in the above data, find the new median?

Find the median of the following data : 41, 43, 127, 99, 61, 92, 71, 58, 57 If 58 is replaced
by 85, what will be the new median.

The weights (in kg) of 15 students are: 31, 35, 27, 29, 32, 43, 37, 41, 34, 28, 36, 44, 45, 42,30. Find the median. If the weight 44 kg is replaced by 46 kg and 27 kg by 25 kg, find the new median.

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 out the mode of the following marks obtained by 15 students in a class:
Marks : 4, 6, 5, 7, 9, 8, 10, 4, 7, 6, 5, 9, 8, 7, 7.

Find the mode from the following data:

125, 175, 225, 125, 225, 175, 325, 125, 375, 225, 125

Find the mode for the following series :
7.5, 7.3, 7.2, 7.2, 7.4, 7.7, 7.7,7.5, 7.3, 7.2, 7.6, 7.2

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

Find the mode of the following data :
7, 9, 12, 13, 7, 12, 15, 7, 12, 7, 25, 18, 7

The demand of different shirt sizes, as obtained by a survey, is given below:

 Size: 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Total No of persons(wearing it) 26 39 20 15 13 7 5 125

Find the modal shirt sizes, as observed from the survey.

## RD Sharma solutions for Class 9 Mathematics chapter 24 - Measures of Central Tendency

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Concepts covered in Class 9 Mathematics chapter 24 Measures of Central Tendency are Measures of Central Tendency, Graphical Representation of Data, Presentation of Data, Collection of Data, Introduction of Statistics.

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