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Question

What is the mode of the following data?
40, 53, 47, 55, 42, 46, 50, 42, 54, 49, 40, 54, 43, 40, 44, 55, 49, 53

The correct answer is
40

Mode Calculation for Given Data

The mode is the value that appears most often in a dataset. To find the mode, we count the occurrences of each number.

Data Set Analysis

The given data is:

40, 53, 47, 55, 42, 46, 50, 42, 54, 49, 40, 54, 43, 40, 44, 55, 49, 53

Frequency Count

Let's determine how many times each number appears:

  • 40: 3 times
  • 42: 2 times
  • 43: 1 time
  • 44: 1 time
  • 46: 1 time
  • 47: 1 time
  • 49: 2 times
  • 50: 1 time
  • 53: 2 times
  • 54: 2 times
  • 55: 2 times

Identifying the Mode

Compare the frequencies to find the number that occurs most frequently.

The number 40 appears 3 times, which is more than any other number in the list.

Therefore, the mode of the data is 40.

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Important Questions from Measures of Central Tendency

  1. What is mean deviation about the median ?

  2. The mode and median of a data is 26.7 and 71, respectively. What is the mean of the data? (Use empirical formula.)

  3. Study the given table and answer the question that follows. The given table depicts the percentage of marks scored by Mary and Perul in History and Physics (out of 75 each).

                        Name                                         History                                       Physics                       

    Mary

    60

    64

    Perul

    54

    70

    How many marks did Mary score in History?

  4. The average of eight numbers is 14. The average of six of these numbers is 16. The average of the remaining two numbers is:

  5. The value of

    (1 + cot²θ)(1 + cosθ)(1 - cosθ) - (1 - sinθ)(1 + sinθ)(1 + tan²θ) is: (θ lies in the first quadrant)

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