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Given that the mean of 50 observations was 35 and it was found later that an observation 48 was wrongly taken as 23. The corrected new mean is

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35

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35.5

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36

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is B
35.5

Therefore, correct sum = (35 $\times$ 50 + 48 - 23) = 1775.

Therefore, correct mean = 1775/50 = 35.5

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