Five coins were simultaneously tossed 1000 times and at each toss the number of heads were observed. The number of tosses during which 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 heads were obtained are shown in the table below. Find the mean number of heads per toss.


No. of heads per toss



No. of tosses



0


1


2


3


4


5



38


144


342


287


164


25



Total



1000



No. of heads per toss (x)



No. of tosses (f)



fx



0



38



0



1



144



144



2



342



684



3



287



861



4



164



656



5



25



125




N = 1000



∑fx = 2470



Therefore, mean number of heads per toss =


=


= 2.47


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