Question

The mode of seven observations 5, 2, 8, a, 5, 9,8
is 5.
What should be the value of a?
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 9​

Answer 1

Answer:

5 is the answer of this question

Answer 2

Answer:

5.

Step-by-step explanation:

When you arrange the observations in. ascending order then you get,

2,5,5,a,8,8,9

we know mode is the observations which repeats most no. of times. Here 5 and 8 are equal in repetition but when anyone of the observation is increased by one more time, it will become the mode of these observations. And given that 5 is mode which means it repeats one more time than that of 8 so a is 5.