Practice30Create account

The bar graph shows the books borrowed from a school library from Monday to Friday; Saturday's bar is missing. The mean for all six days is 9 books. By how many books does Saturday's number exceed the mean of Monday to Friday?

Class 9StatisticsStatistics and Probability
  • A5
  • B6
  • C14
  • D9

Step-by-Step Solution

Six-day total ; Monday–Friday total , so Saturday . Mean of Monday–Friday . Difference .
Answer: B) 6

Key idea: Mean of ungrouped data

**Formula**: ̄ = (sum of observations) / (number of observations) = Σ.

**Example**: Marks of 5 students: 7, 8, 6, 9, 10.
Sum = 40, . Mean = 40/5 = 8.

**For a frequency distribution**:
̄ = Σᵢᵢ) / Σᵢ
Multiply each value by its frequency, sum, and divide by total frequency.

Example: marks 5, 7, 9 with frequencies 2, 3, 5.
Σ·2 + 7·3 + 9·5 = 10 + 21 + 45 = 76.
Σ. Mean = 76 / 10 = 7.6.

Master this chapter in 30 minutes a day.

Don't just memorise the answer — build a daily practice habit.

Practice 5 Similar Questions Free →

All Statistics practice questions

More Class 9 Statistics practice

Find the median of: 8, 4, 12, 6, 10, 14.Which measure of central tendency is defined as 'the sum of all values divided by the…For frequency table x: 1, 2, 3, 4 | f: 4, 6, 7, 3, find the mean.Which graph type has bars that touch (no gaps)?Data that is presented exactly as it was collected, without any sorting or grouping, is…