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.