Question

Find the mean deviation about the mean for the data.

Income per day	Number of persons
0-100	4
100-200	8
200-300	9
300-400	10
400-500	7
500-600	5
600-700	4
700-800	3

Answer 1

The following table is formed.

Income per day	Number of persons fi	Mid-point xi	fixi	|xi – x̄ |	fi|xi – x̄ |
0 – 100	4	50	200	308	1232
100 – 200	8	150	1200	208	1664
200 – 300	9	250	2250	108	972
300 – 400	10	350	3500	8	80
400 – 500	7	450	3150	92	644
500 – 600	5	550	2750	192	960
600 – 700	4	650	2600	292	1168
700 – 800	3	750	2250	392	1176
	50		17900		7896

Here,