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The mean of 40 observations was 34. Upon checking, it was found that two observations were wrongly copied as 4 and 7. If incorrect observations are replaced by the corrected values 11 and 13, then find the corrected mean.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Incorrect sum =40×34=1360= 40 \times 34 = 1360.

The wrong values total 4+7=114 + 7 = 11 and the correct values total 11+13=2411 + 13 = 24, an increase of 1313.

Corrected sum =1373= 1373, so corrected mean =1373/40=34.325= 1373/40 = 34.325.

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