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Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(i) Mean of a data can be smaller than the smallest number of the data.

(ii) Mean of a data can be bigger than the largest number of the data.

  1. Only (i)

  2. Only (ii)

  3. Both (i) and (ii)

  4. Both are wrong

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Answer

(i) If we have a set of numbers, the average cannot be lower than the lowest value because there is no data pulling the average down past that point.

∴ Statement (i) is wrong.

(ii) Mean of a data cannot be bigger than the larger number because the average represents a "middle" value. So, their average cannot mathematically go beyond that value.

∴ Statement (ii) is wrong.

Both are wrong.

Hence, option 4 is the correct option.

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