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Combined mean of groups of given sizes and means

This type of question, asked 4 times: CDS 2 2017, CDS 1 2019, CDS 2 2019, CDS 2 2026. All 4 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    CDS 2 2017

    100
    The average height of 22 students of a class is 140 cm and the average height of 28 students of another class is 152 cm. What is the average height of students of both the classes ?

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  2. Question 2

    CDS 1 2019

    81
    A library has an average number of 510 visitors on Sunday and 240 on other days. What is the average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with Saturday ?

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  3. Question 3

    CDS 2 2019

    68
    If the mean of m observations out of n observations is n and the mean of remaining observations is m, then what is the mean of all n observations ?

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  4. Question 4

    CDS 2 2026

    91
    If the mean of a set of 7 observations is 10 and the mean of a set of 3 observations is 5, then what is the combined mean ?

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