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The scoreboard shows the runs of five players of a Jaipur school team. Then Rohit joins and his score is added. By how many runs does the mean score go up?

Class 7Data HandlingData Handling
  • A18
  • B3
  • C9
  • D6

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Old mean . New mean . The mean rises by runs.
Answer: B) 3

Key idea: Mean — the 'fair share'

The **mean** is what each person would get if you redistributed everything evenly. Sum the values, divide by the count.

Example: marks 8, 6, 7, 9, 10. Sum = 40. Count = 5. Mean = 40 ÷ 5 = 8.

Mean is the most common 'average' but it can be pulled up or down by extreme values (one very high or very low number).

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