Class A has students with a mean mark of . Class B has students with a mean mark of . Find the mean mark of all the students together.

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B.

  1. Step 1: Total marks of A: ; of B: .
  2. Step 2: Overall mean .
Answer
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Why not the others: is what you get if you take the mean of the two means. is what you get if you forget to divide by the number of students. is what you get if you divide the total by .

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