The mean of 20 observations was 60. It was detected on rechecking that the value of 125 was wrongly copied as 25 for computation of mean. Find the correct mean.
Answers
Step-by-step explanation:
Given,
Mean of 20 observations was 60.
From the properties of mean :
Mean = ( sum of observations ) / ( number of observations )
Here,
Mean : 60
Number of observations : 20
= > 60 = ( sum of observations ) / 20
= > 60 x 20 = sum of observations
= > 1200 = sum of observations
The above given sum of observations has a wrong observation, that is 25, that should be 125.
We have to put the correct observation instead of the wrong one.
= > Correct sum of observations = incorrect sum of observations - 25 + 125
= > Correct sum of observations = 1200 - 25 + 125
= > Correct sum of observations = 1300
Then,
Sum of observations : 1300
Number of observations : 20 ( no change, since we subtracted one term and added an other in place of that
Thus,
= > Correct mean = 1300 / 20
= > Correct mean = 130 / 2 = 65
Hence the correct mean is 65.