JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Statistics Question Bank Mean

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    A school has four sections of chemistry in class XII having 40, 35, 45 and 42 students. The mean marks obtained in chemistry test are 50, 60, 55 and 45 respectively for the four sections, the over all average of marks per students is    [Pb. CET 2000]

    A)                 53          

    B)                 45

    C)                 55.3       

    D)                 52. 25

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               Total number of students = 40 + 35 + 45 + 42 = 162             Total marks obtained                  = (40 × 50) + (35 × 60) + (45 × 55) + (42 × 45)                  = 8465                         Overall average of marks per students \[=\frac{8465}{162}=52.25\].


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