JEMATICS. 296 NESS MATHEN $$ wy RAGE WEIGHTED AVE Ted to the quantit tpn W, be the. weights assigned 9 mee auantition xy, ve Let wy ‘ respectively, then their weighted average *w Bape wets tata tt etn ‘ Xo = Sy = wy + Wot Feel ; i average speed, ay Weighted average are used in connection Wi Mera average consumption, etc. his assigned to each of the bse Weight is a numerical multiplier whicl a4 inoner fo indicate heir relative importance. in Mlustration 1 / ns of his house as follows : ‘He IS by 20 mere room th enrpting costing € 30 Det square meta, by 16 inetra toon with carpeting costing ¢ 18 per square metre and the 1 pe metre room with carpeting costing % 12 per square metre. aver that he pays for a square metre of carpeting. Sovution r g 5 x 20 = 300 square metre | 12 x 15 = 180 square metre Age ofthe sound rom {Bx 10205 square metre The rates of carpeting tho three rooms are decided according t the Area of the first room = 1! importance. That is weights are assigned to each room in terms of rate per squay The rate of carpeting Total (squre metre) (per square metre) expenditure w x xw 97000 300 30 9,000 180 18 3,240 | 225, 12 2,700 Bo= 105 14,940 Average cost of earpeting, ¥, = 22 uate =F 21.19 This means that the average cost of carpeting is € 21.19 per square metre, ion 2 If one-third distance of a certain journey was travelled with a speed of 25 Iklometre per hour, one fourth distance with a speed of 30 kilometre per hour ar, the disance with 80 llomete por hous, Hind the average Speed te | (Bilaspur, 1994) | remaining whole journey. Solution Let the total distance = 1 km. The i i i i | are tt he en the information given and computations Distance travelled Speed, km per hour Time = Distance _w x a x Speed 1 3 25 i 1 ® ri 1 4 30 ot 1) 5 120 (§+3} cr 50 i w= = 3 100 Total distance | Sup A = Total distance Su 1 erage speed = a ine Sag SAAD a 1, Ans. Average speed = 335 kilom per hour Scanned with CamScanner— AVERAGE, junation 8 firm buys % 10,000 worth of plants i wary 1996 and _avwat depreciation nccording ithe owt agar san = iii: Category of Plants ~~ Depreciation pO 6% 3 4% 1,000 3% Find the average depreciation rate for the yan” SS olution eo 98 ’ Rate of Total Category ), Deprestaten Depreciation “To A 6,000 360 _ 8B 3,000, ra foc 1,000 Dep a a teint Total Zw = 10,000 Sux = 610 srage Depreciation Rate, Xw = 22% 510 26 are n= Yap 100% = Fo 9g X 100% = 5.1% EXERCISE C 1. An acroplane flies around a square’ whose side is 100 mile long, taking the first side @ 100 nile per hour, the second side @ 200 mile per hour, the third side @ 300 miles per hour and the fourth side @ 400 mile per hour, what is the average speed of the aeroplane? Test the validity of your answer. (Ans, 192 mph] ‘2, Atakes a trip which entails travelling 900 mile by train at 60 m.p.h, 300 mile by boat at 25 mph, 400 mile by plane at 350 m.p.h. and 15 mile by taxi at 25 m.p.h. What is the average | for the entire journey? va orth i (Ans. 56.18 mph) 8, Aman spends ® 100 on screws costing 40 paise per dozen and ? 50 on screws costing 60 paise per dozen, what is the average cost per dozen? Ans. 43 paise per dozen} 4. Aman buys a certain commodity from two shops. He pays @ 5 for 2 kg at one shop and 7 for 3 kgat the other shop. Find the average price of the commodity? (Ans, & 2.40 per kg) 5. Calculate (a) the unweighted average of the price in column III weighted and (b) the weightéd average by weighting each price by the quantity consumed ‘Quantity consumed (in 6 kg) Scanned with CamScanner