25. An analysis of monthly wages paid to workers in two firms A and B, belonging to the same industry, gives the following results:

                                                                 Firm A                              Firm B

No. of wage earners                                586                                   648

Mean of monthly wages                       ? 5253                               ?5253

Variance of the distribution                   100                                     121

of wages

(i) Which firm A or B pays larger amount as monthly wages?

(ii) Which firm, A or B, shows greater variability in individual wages?

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(i) The number of wage earner in firm A, nA=586. Mean monthly wages of firm

Total no of were canner in firm B.

Total monthly mages in firm. B = ?5253 * nB

=? 5253 * 586

=? 34, 03, 944

Firm B pays larger amount of monthly wages.

(ii) Since both the firm A and B has same mean monthly wages the firm wi

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