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The following distribution shows the daily pocket allowance of children of a locality. The mean pocket allowance is ₹ 18. Find the missing frequency f.

Daily pocket allowance (in ₹)Number of children
11 - 137
13 - 156
15 - 179
17 - 1913
19 - 21f
21 - 235
23 - 254

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By formula,

Class mark = Upper limit + Lower limit2\dfrac{\text{Upper limit + Lower limit}}{2}

Daily pocket allowance (in ₹)Number of children ( fi)Class mark (xi)fixi
11 - 1371284
13 - 1561484
15 - 17916144
17 - 191318234
19 - 21f2020f
21 - 23522110
23 - 2542496
TotalΣfi = 44 + fΣfixi = 752 + 20f

By formula,

Mean = ΣfixiΣfi\dfrac{Σfixi}{Σf_i}

Substituting values we get :

18=752+20f44+f18(44+f)=752+20f792+18f=752+20f20f18f=7927522f=40f=402=20.\Rightarrow 18 = \dfrac{752 + 20f}{44 + f} \\[1em] \Rightarrow 18(44 + f) = 752 + 20f \\[1em] \Rightarrow 792 + 18f = 752 + 20f \\[1em] \Rightarrow 20f - 18f = 792 - 752 \\[1em] \Rightarrow 2f = 40 \\[1em] \Rightarrow f = \dfrac{40}{2} = 20.

Hence, f = 20.

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