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Q.

A class consists of 50 students out of which 20 are girls. The mean mark scored by girls in a test is 75 (out of 100) and that of boys is 73. Determine the mean score of the whole class.


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a

70.2

b

71.5

c

73.8

d

75 

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

It is given that there are 20 girls in a class of 50.
The mean mark scored by girls in a test is 75 (out of 100) and that of boys is 73.
We have to find the mean score of the whole class.
Let x 1 , x 2 ,...., x n   be the numbers, then Mean = x 1 + x 2 +....+ x n n  .
The mean of the class in a test  in a test is given by,
= 75(20)+73(30) 50 = 3690 50  
By simplification,
=73.8  
The mean score of the class is 73.8 marks.
Hence, option 3 is correct.
 
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