Question: The average weight of 15 girls was recorded as 54 kg. If the weight of the teacher was added, the average increased by 2 kg. What was the teacher’s weight?
Options:
A) 75 kg
B) 95 kg
C) 78 kg
D) 86 kg
E) None of these
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
- $ \frac{\sum\limits _{i=1}^{15}{x _{i}}}{15}=54 $
$ \Rightarrow $ $ \sum\limits _{i=1}^{15}{x _{i}=54\times 15} $
According to the question,
$ \sum\limits _{i=1}^{16}{x _{i}=\sum\limits _{i=1}^{15}{x _{i}}+x _{16}=16\times 56} $
$ \Rightarrow $ $ x _{16}=56\times 16-\sum\limits _{i=1}^{15}{x _{i}} $
$ =56\times 16-54\times 15=86kg $