Question 15 Marks
Find the mean, the median, and the mode of 21, 24, 21, 6, 15, 18, 21, 45, 9, 6, 27 and 15.
Answer
$ \begin{aligned} & 21,24,21,6,15,18,21,45,9,6,27 \text { and } 15 \\ & \therefore \text { Mean }=\frac{21+24+21+6+15+18+21+45+9+6+27+15}{12} \\ & =\frac{228}{12}=19 \end{aligned} $
Numbers are $21,24,21,6,15,18,21,45,9,6,27$ and 15
Mostly repeated term $=21$
$\therefore$ Mode $=21$
Now, Arranging the numbers in ascending order $=6,6,9,15,15,18,21,21,21,24,27,45$
Here, number of terms $=12$ which is even
$ \begin{aligned} & \therefore \text { Median }=\frac{1}{2}\left\{\frac{\mathrm{n}}{2} \text { th term }+\left(\frac{\mathrm{n}}{2}+1\right) \text { th term }\right\} \\ & =\frac{1}{2}\left\{\frac{12}{2} \text { th term }+\left(\frac{12}{2}+1\right) \text { th term }\right\} \\ & =\frac{1}{2}\{6 \text { th term }+7 \text { th term }\} \\ & =\frac{1}{2}\{18+21\} \\ & =\frac{1}{2} \times 39 \\ & =19.5 \end{aligned} $
View full question & answer→$ \begin{aligned} & 21,24,21,6,15,18,21,45,9,6,27 \text { and } 15 \\ & \therefore \text { Mean }=\frac{21+24+21+6+15+18+21+45+9+6+27+15}{12} \\ & =\frac{228}{12}=19 \end{aligned} $
Numbers are $21,24,21,6,15,18,21,45,9,6,27$ and 15
Mostly repeated term $=21$
$\therefore$ Mode $=21$
Now, Arranging the numbers in ascending order $=6,6,9,15,15,18,21,21,21,24,27,45$
Here, number of terms $=12$ which is even
$ \begin{aligned} & \therefore \text { Median }=\frac{1}{2}\left\{\frac{\mathrm{n}}{2} \text { th term }+\left(\frac{\mathrm{n}}{2}+1\right) \text { th term }\right\} \\ & =\frac{1}{2}\left\{\frac{12}{2} \text { th term }+\left(\frac{12}{2}+1\right) \text { th term }\right\} \\ & =\frac{1}{2}\{6 \text { th term }+7 \text { th term }\} \\ & =\frac{1}{2}\{18+21\} \\ & =\frac{1}{2} \times 39 \\ & =19.5 \end{aligned} $