Question No.

Compute the geometric mean and Harmonic mean for the following distribution of annual death rate:
X 3.95 4.95 5.95 6.95 7.95 8.95 9.95 10.95 11.95 12.95 13.95
f 1 4 5 13 12 19 13 10 6 4 1

Solution:

f
X f log x f log x
x

3.95 1 0.596597 0.596597 0.253165

4.95 4 0.694605 2.778421 0.808081
5.95 5 0.774517 3.872585 0.840336
6.95 13 0.841985 10.9458 1.870504
7.95 12 0.900367 10.80441 1.509434
8.95 19 0.951823 18.08464 2.122905
9.95 13 0.997823 12.9717 1.306533
10.95 10 1.039414 10.39414 0.913242
11.95 6 1.077368 6.464207 0.502092
12.95 4 1.11227 4.449079 0.30888
13.95 1 1.144574 1.144574 0.071685
f
∑f= ∑ (f log x ¿)¿= ∑ ( x ¿ )¿=
88 82.50615 10.50686

∑ flogx
Geometric mean (G. M) = antilog [ n ] , n=11

82.5062
G . M = antilog [ 88 ]
G. M= anti log [0.9376]
G. M= 8.6616

n
Harmonic Mean =
[ ]
∑ fx
88
H. M = [ 10.5069 ]
H. M = 8.3751.

Question No. 2
By using the following frequency distribution of weights of apples find.
1. Mean Deviation from Mean.
2. Co-efficient of mean Deviation from Mean.
Weight 65-84 85-104 105-124 124-144 145-164 165-184 185-204
f 9 10 17 10 5 4 5

Solution:
Class f Mid fx |x− x́| f |x− x́|
Points(x)

65-84 9 74.5 670.5 48 432

85-104 10 94.5 945 28 280
105-124 17 114.5 1946.5 8 136
125-144 10 134.5 1345 12 120
145-164 5 154.5 772.5 32 160
164-184 4 174.5 698 52 208
185-204 5 194.5 972.5 72 360
Total ∑f= 60 ∑x= ∑fx= 7350 ∑f |x-x ̅ | = 1696
941.5

Mean =x́=
∑ fx M.D =
∑ f |x− x́|
∑f n
7350 1696
x́ = M.D =
60 60
x́ = 122. 5 M.D = 28.27

2. Co-efficient 0f Mean Deviation

M .D
Co-efficient of M.D =
Mean
28.27
Coefficient of M.D =
122.5
Co-efficient of M.D = 0.23.