Question:
The table below shows the daily expenditure on food of 25 household in a locality
Find the mean daily expenditure on food by a suitable method.
Solution:
Let the assumed mean a = 225 and h = 50
Now,
$\sum f_{i}=25$
$\sum f_{i} u_{i}=-7$
Mean, $\bar{x}=a+\left(\frac{\sum f_{i} u_{i}}{\sum f_{i}}\right) \times h$
$=225+\left(\frac{-7}{25}\right) \times(50)$
$=225-14$
$=211$
Therefore, mean daily expenditure on food is Rs 211.