The table below gives the percentage distribution of female teachers in the primary schools of rural areas of various states and union territories (U.T.) of India. Find the mean percentage of female teachers by all the three methods discussed in this section.

Explanation

To find the mean percentage of female teachers using the three methods (Direct Method, Shortcut Method, and Step Deviation Method), we will follow these steps:

### Given Data:
We have the following percentage distribution of female teachers in various states:

| Percentage (%) | Number of States (fi) |
|----------------|-----------------------|
| 15 - 25 | 6 |
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