Q.

For the values x1,x2,x3,.,x101 of a distribution x1<x2,<x3<<x100<x101 . The mean deviation of this distribution with respect to a number k will be minimum when k is equal to:


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a

x1

b

x51

c

x50

d

x1-x2-..-x101101 

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

We know that mean deviation is minimum when it is taken by median.
 So, here K is the median of given observations.
 Now, the number of observations is 101.
 k=(n+12)th observation= 51th observation
Then, k = x51
 
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For the values x1,x2,x3,…….,x101 of a distribution x1<x2,<x3<…<x100<x101 . The mean deviation of this distribution with respect to a number k will be minimum when k is equal to: