Arithmetic Mean and Averages

Comprehensive quiz covering arithmetic mean calculations, properties of averages, means of arithmetic progressions, and word problems involving averages

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The $A.M.$ of the observations $1.3.5,3.5,7,9,.,(2n-1)(2n+1) (2n+3)$ is $(\forall\ n\ \in\ N)$

  1. $2n^{3}+6n^{2}+7n-2$
  2. $n^{3}+8n^{2}+7n-2$
  3. $2n^{3}+5n^{2}+6n-2$
  4. $2n^{3}+8n^{2}+7n-2$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean of ${1^{2,}}{2^2},{3^2},{4^2},{5^2},{6^2},{7^2}$ is:

  1. 10
  2. 20
  3. 30
  4. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The A.M. of a + 2, a, 2-a is

  1. $a$
  2. $\cfrac { a+4 }{ 3 } $
  3. $\cfrac { a-4 }{ 3 } $
  4. $\cfrac { a }{ 2 } $
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the mean of $ 43,54,64,53,36$

  1. $50$
  2. $ 40$
  3. $60$
  4. $ 30$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean of $1 + \sqrt { 2 }$ and $7 + 5 \sqrt { 2 }$ is $\sqrt { a } + \sqrt { b }$ . Then $a - b =$

  1. -1
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. -2
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The airthmatic mean of $1 + \sqrt { 2 }$ and $7 + 5 \sqrt { 2 }$ is $\sqrt { a } + \sqrt { b }$ . Then a $- b =$

  1. -1
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. -2
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mean of the first $n$ terms of the A.P. $a, (a + d), (a + 2d), ........$ is

  1. $\displaystyle a + \frac{nd}{2}$
  2. $\displaystyle a + \frac{(n - 1)d}{2}$
  3. $a + (n - 1) d$
  4. $a + nd$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the arithmetic mean of $6, 8, 5, 7, x$ and $4$ is $7,$ then $x$ is

  1. $12$
  2. $6$
  3. $8$
  4. $4$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the Arithmetic mean between 24 and 36 

  1. 26
  2. 28
  3. 30
  4. 32
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean of $12$ and $20$ is :

  1. $12$
  2. $14$
  3. $16$
  4. $18$
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the AM between $20$ and $26$.

  1. $23$
  2. $22$
  3. $21$
  4. $24$
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean of 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17 is

  1. $20$
  2. $15$
  3. $10$
  4. $25$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If each observation is multiplied by $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$ then the mean of the new data will de

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$ times
  2. 3 times
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$ times
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}$ times
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean of $x, y, z$ is $y$, then $x + z = .............$

  1. $y$
  2. $3y$
  3. $2y$
  4. $4y$
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean of first five natural number is

  1. $2$
  2. $3$
  3. $4$
  4. $8$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean between $2+\sqrt {(2)}$ and $2-\sqrt {(2)}$ is

  1. $2$
  2. $\sqrt {(2)}$
  3. $0$
  4. $4$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the arithmetic mean of the progression $2, 4, 6, 8, 10.$

  1. $10$
  2. $20$
  3. $30$
  4. $6$
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the arithmetic mean of the progression $11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77?$

  1. $44$
  2. $208$
  3. $308$
  4. $48$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the arithmetic mean of first $10$ natural numbers.

  1. $55$
  2. $550$
  3. $5.5$
  4. None of the above
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find  AM  of  first $250$  natural numbers.

  1. $115$
  2. $225$
  3. $125$
  4. $125.5$
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $n^{th}$ term of AP is $4n+1$, then AM of $11^{th}$ to $ 20^{ th}$ terms is 

  1. $61.5$
  2. $63$
  3. $63.5$
  4. $62$
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If  $n^{th}$ term of AP is $t _n=4n+1$. Find mean of first $10$ terms.   

  1. $85$
  2. $95$
  3. $23$
  4. $7.5$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find AM of multiple of $3$  from natural numbers $1$ to $100$.

  1. $48$
  2. $51$
  3. $36$
  4. $57$
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The  arithmatic mean of $4,6,8$ is

  1. $4$
  2. $6$
  3. $8$
  4. $4.5$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find AM of  $ 3$  digit even numbers between $1$  to $500$.

  1. $200$
  2. $400$
  3. $300$
  4. $150$
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find AM of divisors of $100$.

  1. $24$
  2. $25.5$
  3. $24.11$
  4. $21.9$
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the nth term of AP is $2n+5$. Then find the  AM of first $38$  terms.

  1. $99$
  2. $98$
  3. $100$
  4. $44$
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The AM of  multiple of $5$ from numbers $1$ to $500$ is

  1. $250$
  2. $\dfrac{500}{2}$
  3. $\dfrac{505}{2}$
  4. $252.5$
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The  Sum of three numbers in AP is $75$, and product of extremities is $609$. The numbrs and AM of 1st two numbers is 

  1. $\{21,25,29\}$, AM $= 23$
  2. $\{13,17,21\}$, AM $= 22$
  3. $\{21,25,29\}$, AM $= 25$
  4. $\{21,22,29\}$, AM $= 23$
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the Arithmetic mean of $8, 6, 4, x, 3, 6, 0$ is $4$; then the value of $x =$

  1. $7$
  2. $6$
  3. $1$
  4. $4$
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Arithmetic mean of $2$ and $8$ is

  1. $5$
  2. $10$
  3. $16$
  4. $3.2$
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
State the following statement is True or False
Arithmetic mean of first five natural numbers is $3$.
  1. True
  2. False
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean of the squares of the first $n$ natural numbers is

  1. $\dfrac { n\left( n+1 \right) \left( 2n+1 \right) }{ 6 } $
  2. $\dfrac { n\left( n+1 \right) \left( 2n+1 \right) }{ 2 } $
  3. $\dfrac { \left( n+1 \right) \left( 2n+1 \right) }{ 6 } $
  4. $\dfrac { \left( n+1 \right) \left( 2n+1 \right) }{ 3 } $
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The middle terms , if four different numbers are in proportion are called ______ .

  1. Antecedents
  2. Means
  3. Extremes
  4. Consequents
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean between $\cfrac { x+a }{ x } $ and $\cfrac { x-a }{ x } $ when $x\ne 0$, is (the symbol $\ne$ means "not equal to"):

  1. $2$, if $a\ne 0$
  2. $1$
  3. $1$, only if $a=0$
  4. $\dfrac {a}{x}$
  5. $x$
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean (average) of a set of $50$ numbers is $38$. If two numbers, namely, $45$ and $55$, are discarded, the mean of the remaining set of numbers is :

  1. $36.5$
  2. $37$
  3. $37.2$
  4. $37.5$
  5. $37.52$
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $A _1,A _2$ be two arithmetic means between $\dfrac{1}{3}$ and $\dfrac{1}{24}$, then their value are 

  1. $\dfrac{7}{72},\dfrac{5}{36}$
  2. $\dfrac{17}{72},\dfrac{5}{36}$
  3. $\dfrac{7}{36},\dfrac{5}{72}$
  4. $\dfrac{5}{72},\dfrac{17}{72}$
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Sum of $4$ numbers in GP is $60$. And the AM of first and last no. is $18$ find the first term and common difference of the GP

  1. $a=4, r=2$
  2. $a=32, r=\dfrac {1}{2}$
  3. $a=3, r=1$
  4. $a=6, r=3$
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The A.M. of the observations $1.3.5, 3.5.7, 5.7.9,...,(2n-1)(2n+1)(2n+3)$ is $(\forall n\in N)$

  1. $2n^3+6n^2+7n-2$
  2. $n^3+8n^2+7n-2$
  3. $2n^3+5n^2+6n-1$
  4. $2n^3+8n^2+7n-2$
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $n\ AM's$ are inserted between $1$ and $31$ and ratio of ${7}^{th}$ and $(n-1)^{th}$ $A.M.$ is $5:9$ then $n$ equals ?

  1. $12$
  2. $13$
  3. $14$
  4. $None$
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a Maths test the average score of the $10$ girls in a class is $15$ and the average score of the $15$ boys is $10$. The average score of the class in the test is 

  1. $12$
  2. $12.5$
  3. $13$
  4. $12.75$`
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mean deviation of first $7$ natural no. about their A.M. is?

  1. $2$
  2. $\sqrt{2}$
  3. $\dfrac{12}{7}$
  4. $0$
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ratio of sum of n arithmetic means between two given numbers to that of single arithmetic mean between them id

  1. n : 1
  2. n$^2$ : 1
  3. 1 : 1
  4. $\sqrt{n}$ : 1
Question 44 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\cfrac {a^n+b^n}{a^{n-1}+b^{n-1}}$ is the AM between a and b, then the value of n is 

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. -1
  4. none of these
Question 45 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the average of the following set of scores $253,124,255,534,836,375,101,443,760$

  1. $427$
  2. $413$
  3. $141$
  4. $409$
Question 46 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The average age of $30$ girls. is $13\ yr$. The average of first $18$ girls is $15\ yr$. Find out the average age of remaining $12$ girls? 

  1. $12\ yr$
  2. $10\ yr$
  3. $16\ yr$
  4. $10.5\ yr$
Question 47 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A student bought $4$ books for $Rs.120$ from one book shop and $6$ books for $Rs.150$ from another. The average price (in  rupees), he paid per book was:

  1. $27$
  2. $27.50$
  3. $135$
  4. $138$
Question 48 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Let $(1-2x+3x^{2})^{10}=a _{0}+a _{1}x+a _{2}x^{2}+....+a _{n}x^{n},a _{n}\neq 0$, then the arithmetic mean of $a _{0},a _{1},a _{2},....a _{n}$ is

  1. $\dfrac{1024}{11}$
  2. $\dfrac{512}{7}$
  3. $\dfrac{512}{11}$
  4. $\dfrac{1024}{21}$
Question 49 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $a,b,c,d,e,f$ are $A.M.s$ between $2$ and $12$ then $a+b+c+d+e+f$ is equal to

  1. $14$
  2. $42$
  3. $84$
  4. $None\ of\ these$
Question 50 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The average height of 25 boys is 1.4 m. When 5 boys leave the group, then the average height increases by 0.15 m. What is the average height of the 5 boys who leave?

  1. 0.8 m
  2. 0.9 m
  3. 0.95 m
  4. 1.05 m
Question 51 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The average age of 36 student in a group is 14 years. When teacher's age is included to it, the average increases by one. What is the teacher's age in years?

  1. 31
  2. 36
  3. 51
  4. Cannot be determined
  5. None of these
Question 52 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The sum of first $n$ natural numbers is given by the expression $(2n^{2}+3n)$. The mean of the given numbers is 

  1. $\left(\dfrac{2}{n}+3\right)$
  2. $\left(2+\dfrac{3}{n}\right)$
  3. $(2+3n)$
  4. $(2n+3)$
Question 53 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The average weight of 45 students in a class is 25 kg. Five of them whose average weight is 48 kg leave the class and other 5 students whose average weight is 54 kg join the class. What is the new average weight (in kg) of the class?

  1. $52\frac{1}{3}$
  2. $52\frac{1}{2}$
  3. $52\frac{2}{3}$
  4. None of these
Question 54 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If n A.M.'s are inserted between 3 and 17 such that the ratio of the last mean to the first mean is 3:1, then the value of n is

  1. 4
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 9
Question 55 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Four numbers are in proportion. The sum of the square of the four numbers is $50$ and the sum of the means is $5$. The ratio of first two terms is $1 : 3$. What is the average of the four numbers ?

  1. $2$
  2. $3$
  3. $5$
  4. $6$
Question 56 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Average of first ten prime numbers is :

  1. 12.6
  2. 12.9
  3. 13.9
  4. 14.9
Question 57 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A line is such that the algebraic sum of the perpendicular on it from a number of point is zero. The line always passes through a fixed point that is 

  1. A. M of the given points
  2. GM of the given points
  3. HM of the given points
  4. None of these
Question 58 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Coefficient of variance of a distribution is 60% and the standard deviation is 25. The arithmetic mean of the distribution is

  1. $\cfrac {25}{3}$
  2. 35
  3. $\cfrac {125}{3}$
  4. $\cfrac {25}{6}$
Question 59 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the arithmetic mean of the numbers $x _{1}, x _{2}, x _{3}.......,x _{3}$ is $\overline{X}$, then the arithmetic mean of numbers $ax _{1}+b, ax _{2}+b, ax _{3}+b,........, ax _{n}+b$, where  $a, b$ are two constants would be 

  1. $\overline{X}$
  2. $na\overline{X}+nb$
  3. $a\overline{X}$
  4. $a\overline{X}+b$
Question 60 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The average score of a cricketer for 10 matches is 42, find the average for last four matches :

  1. $34\frac { 1 }{ 4 } $
  2. 35
  3. $36\frac { 1 }{ 4 } $
  4. $35\frac { 1 }{ 4 } $
Question 61 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the total incomes of $M,N,O,P$ are in the rate a $2:3:4:5$ and the total income of $M$ is $Rs\ 8000$ , then find approximate average salary of all four?

  1. $Rs\ 14000$
  2. $Rs\ 7000$
  3. $Rs\ 9950$
  4. $Rs\ 4875$
Question 62 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The artimetic mean of $2 sin 2^o, 4 sin 4^o, 6sin6^o,...,180sin 180^o$ is equal to 

  1. $cosec1^o$
  2. $sec1^o$
  3. $cot1^o$
  4. None of these
Question 63 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Arithmetic Mean is ______ affected by extreme values.

  1. Not
  2. Highly
  3. Less
  4. None of these
Question 64 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Suppose a population $A$ has $100$ observations $101,102...200$ and other population $B$ has $100$ observations $151,152...250$. 

Find the difference in their means

  1. $49$
  2. $50$
  3. $51$
  4. $52$
Question 65 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean of 2, 7, 6 and x is 15 and the mean of 18, 1, 6, x and y is 10. What is the value of y ?

  1. $-5$
  2. $-10$
  3. $-20$
  4. $-30$
Question 66 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sum of $50$ A.M. between $20$ and $30$ is :

  1. $1255$
  2. $1205$
  3. $1250$
  4. $1225$
Question 67 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$11,AM's$ are inserted between $28$ and $10$ then ${6}^{th},AM$ is 

  1. $19$
  2. $\displaystyle 17\frac{1}{2}$
  3. $\displaystyle 20\frac{1}{2}$
  4. $22$
Question 68 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean of $3$ observations is $12$ and mean of $5$ observations is $4$ the combined mean is 

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
Question 69 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The sum of $9$ numbers is $246$. If the average of three of them is $24$, what is the average of the remaining numbers?

  1. $30$
  2. $29$
  3. $31$
  4. $25$
Question 70 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A boy draws n squares with sides $1,2,3,4,5....$ in inches.The average area covered by these n squares  will be:  

  1. $\left(\dfrac{n+1}{2}\right)$
  2. $\left(\dfrac{n+1}{2}\right)\left(\dfrac{2n+1}{3}\right)$
  3. $\left(\dfrac{n+1}{2}\right)\left(\dfrac{2n+1}{3}\right)^{-1}$
  4. $\left(\dfrac{n+1}{2}\right)-1 \left(\dfrac{2n+1}{3}\right)$
Question 71 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean marks of $120$ students is $20$. It was later discovered that two marks were wrongly taken as $50$ and $80$ instead of $15$ and $18$. The correct mean of mark is

  1. $19.19$
  2. $19.17$
  3. $19.21$
  4. $19.14$
Question 72 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Arithmetic mean of first $5$ whole numbers.

  1. $1$
  2. $2$
  3. $3$
  4. $5$
Question 73 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For a certain frequency table which has been partly reproduced here, the arithmetic mean was found to be Rs.28.07

Income (in Rs.) 15 20 25 30 35 40
Number of workers 8 12 ? 16 3 10

If he total number of workers is 75, then the missing frequencies are?

  1. 14, 15
  2. 15, 14
  3. 13, 16
  4. 12, 17
Question 74 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The antithetic mean of the masks is _________.

  1. 50.25
  2. 50.75
  3. 51.25
  4. 53.75
Question 75 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

let a and b be the two different natural numbers whose harmonic mean is 10 then their arithmatic mean is ______.

  1. 12
  2. 15
  3. 16
  4. 18
Question 76 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If 25 is the arithmetic mean between x and 46, then find x.

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 8
  4. 16
Question 77 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean of first ten natural numbers is

  1. $5.5$
  2. $6$
  3. $7.5$
  4. $10$
Question 78 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If AM between $\displaystyle p^{th}$ and $\displaystyle q^{th}$ terms of an AP be equal to the AM between $\displaystyle r^{th}$ and $\displaystyle s^{th}$ term of the AP, then $p + q$ is equal to

  1. $r + s$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{r-s}{r+s}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{r+s}{r-s}$
  4. $r + s + 1$
Question 79 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean of 1, 2, 3, ..., n, is

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{n-1}{2}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{n+1}{2}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{n}{2}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{n}{2}+1$
Question 80 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the arithmetic mean of the series $1, 3, 5,...........
(2n - 1)$

  1. $n$
  2. $2n$
  3. $n/2$
  4. $n - 1$
Question 81 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the arithmetic mean of the series: $1,3,5 ........... (2n - 1)$

  1. $n$
  2. $2n$
  3. $\dfrac n2$
  4. $n - 1$
Question 82 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the average of the first $300$ terms of the given sequence?
$1, -2, 3, -4, 5, -6, ....., n.(-1)^{n + 1}$

  1. $-1$
  2. $0.5$
  3. $0$
  4. $-0.5$
Question 83 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The A.M. of 'n' observations is M. If the sum of $(n - 4)$ observation is 'a', what is the mean of remaining $4$ observations?

  1. $nM + a$
  2. $\dfrac {nM - a}{2}$
  3. $\dfrac {nM + a}{2}$
  4. $\dfrac {nM - a}{4}$
Question 84 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean  of five numbers in AP is $89$. The product of first and last terms is $7885$. The AM of first, third and fifth term is

  1. $83$
  2. $86$
  3. $89$
  4. $90$
Question 85 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The sum of four numbers in AP is $176$. The product of 1st and last is $1855$.  The mean of middle two is 

  1. $42$
  2. $41$
  3. $44$
  4. $53$
Question 86 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean of 1, 8, 27, 64, ....... up to n terms is given by

  1. $\dfrac{n(n+1)}{2}$
  2. $\dfrac{n(n+1)^2}{2}$
  3. $\dfrac{n(n+1)^2}{4}$
  4. $\dfrac{n^2(n+1)^2}{4}$
Question 87 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Say true or false.
A.M. of any $n$ positive numbers $a _1, a _2, a _3, ...., a _n$ is $A$ then $A=\dfrac {a _1+a _2+....+a _n}{n}$
  1. True
  2. False
Question 88 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Say true or false.

The A.M. between $(a-b)^2$ and $(a+b)^2$  is $a^2+b^2 $.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 89 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the arithmetic mean of n numbers of a series is $\overline{x}$ and the sum of the first (n-1) numbers is k, then the nth number is

  1. n+k
  2. $n\overline{x}+k$
  3. $n\overline{x}-k$
  4. n-k
Question 90 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The arithmetic mean (average) of the first $n$ positive integers is

  1. $\dfrac {n}{2}$
  2. $\dfrac {n^{2}}{2}$
  3. $n$
  4. $\dfrac {n - 1}{2}$
  5. $\dfrac {n + 1}{2}$
Question 91 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean of the cubes of the first $n$ natural numbers is :

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{n(n+1)^2}{4}$
  2. $n^2$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{n(n+1)(n+2)}{8}$
  4. $(n^2+n+1)$
Question 92 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the arithmetic mean of $n$ numbers of a series is $\bar{x}$ and sum of the first $(n - 1)$ numbers is $k$, then which one of the following is the nth number of the series ?

  1. $\bar{x} - nk$
  2. $n\bar{x} - k$
  3. $k\bar{x} - n$
  4. $nk\bar{x}$
Question 93 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The mean marks got by $300$ students in the subject of statistics was $45$. The mean of the top $100$ of them was found to be $70$ and the mean of the last $100$ was known to be $20$, then the mean of the remaining $100$ students is 

  1. $45$
  2. $58$
  3. $68$
  4. $88$
Question 94 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $a _{1}=0$ and $a _{1}, a _{2}, a _{3}, ...., a _{n}$ are real numbers such that $|a _{i}|=|a _{i-1}+1|$ for all $i$ then the Arithmetic mean of the numbers $a _{1}, a _{2}, ..., a _{n}$ has value $x$ where

  1. $x<-1$
  2. $x<-\dfrac{1}{2}$
  3. $x>-\dfrac{1}{2}$
  4. $x=-\dfrac{1}{2}$

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