Give one example of a situation in which
(i) The mean is an appropriate measure of central tendency.

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(i) Consider the following example
The following data represents the heights of the members of a family.
154.9 cm,162.8cm, 170.6 cm,158.8cm, 163.3 cm, 166.8cm,160.2cm
In this case, it can be observed that the observations in the given data are close to each other. Therefore, mean will be calculated as an appropriate measure of central tendency.

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