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A Students was asked to find the arithmetic mean of the numbers 3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13, 8, 19, 17,
21, 14 and x. He found the mean to be 12. What should be the number in place of x?
a) 3 b) 7 c) 17
d) 31 e) None of these

Asked In Assessment Samjukta Das (7 years ago)

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Wahid Nazrul  (7 years ago)

The arithmetic mean of the numbers is= (3 + 11 + 7 + 9 + 15 + 13 + 8 + 19 + 17 + 21 + 14 + X) / 12
= (137+X)/12

According to the question,
(137+X)/12=12
or, 137 + X = 12x12
or, 137+ X = 144
or, X= 144 - 137 = 7

So, the number in place of X should be 7.

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