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In a moderately skewed distribution, the values of mean and median are 5 and 6, respectively. The value of mode in such a situation is approximately equal to

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8

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11

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6

D

None of these

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For a moderately skewed distribution, we have
Mode=3 median -2 mean
`implies "Mode" =3(6)-2(5)=8`.
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