CAT 2022 Permutations and Combinations Question (Medium)

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The arithmetic mean of all the distinct numbers that can be obtained by rearranging the digits in 1421, including itself, is

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2222 Why 1. The multiset of digits is 1,1,2,4 . In all distinct 4-digit rearrangements, by symmetry each place thousands, hundreds, tens, units has the same expected digit the average of the multiset. 2. Average digit . 3. Therefore the mean number .

CAT 2022

Quantitative

Permutations and Combinations

Medium

The arithmetic mean of all the distinct numbers that can be obtained by rearranging the digits in 1421, including itself, is

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