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In a diagnostic test in mathematics given to students, the following marks (out of 100) are recorded 46,52,48,11,41,62,54,53,96,40,98 and 44.
Which average will be a good representative of the above data and why?

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Median will be a good representative of the data, because
i) each value occurs once.
ii) the data is influenced by extreme values.
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