SOLUTION: from the following data find the missing frequency when mean is 15.38. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ______ MARKS: 10 12 14 16 18

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Question 717065: from the following data find the missing frequency when mean is 15.38.
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MARKS: 10 12 14 16 18 20
FREQUENCY: 3 7 12 20 ? 5
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Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If "n" is the missing frequency then:

Simplifying...


Eliminate the fraction by multiplying each side by (47+n):


Subtracting 15.38n:

Subtracting 702:

Dividing by 2.62:


Since "n" was a frequency, it should be a whole number. The reason we did not get a whole number for n must be either