8. A class teacher has the following absentee record of 40 students of a class for the whole term. Find the mean number of days a student was absent.
Number of days |
Number of Students |
Class mark |
|
0-6 | 11 | 3 | 33 |
6-10 | 10 | 8 | 80 |
10-14 | 7 | 12 | 84 |
14-20 | 4 | 17 | 68 |
20-28 | 4 | 24 | 96 |
28-38 | 3 | 33 | 99 |
38-40 | 1 | 39 | 39 |
=40 |
=499 |
Mean,
Therefore, the mean number of days a student was absent is 12.48 days.