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Standard VIII
Mathematics
Measures of Central Tendency
For a data se...
Question
For a data set the value of mean and median can be equal or _____.
A
unequal
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same
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identical
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not different
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Solution
The correct option is
A
unequal
The value of mean can be less than, more than or equal to median for a data set.
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