The mean marks of 25 boys in a class is 61 and the mean marks of 35 girls in the same class is 58 . Then,…

The mean marks of 25 boys in a class is 61 and the mean marks of 35 girls in the same class is 58 . Then, the mean of all 60 students is
  1. 56.25
  2. 59.25
  3. 57.25
  4. 63.25

Solution

Number of boys $=25$ Mean marks of boys $=61$ Number of girls $=35$ Mean marks of girls $=58$ Total mean of all 60 students $=\frac{61 \times 25+35 \times 58}{60}$ $ =\frac{1525+2030}{60}=\frac{3555}{60}=59.25 $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2021 (25 Aug Shift 1)

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