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Published on: August 13, 2026
Consider any set of observations 
; it being given that 
; then the mean deviation of this set of observations about a point k is minimum when k equals
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Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
B
Mean deviation is minimum when it is considered about the item, equidistant from the beginning and the end i.e ., the median. In this case median is 
i.e ., 51 st item i.e. , 
.
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