Given observations are 4, 7, 2, 8, 6, a and mean is 7. We know Mean =64+7+2+8+6+a⇒7=64+7+2+8+6+a⇒a=15 Now, given observations can be written in ascending order which is 2,4,6,7,8,15 Since, No. of observation is even ∴ Median =2(26) th observation +(26+1) th observation =2 3rd observation +4 th observation =26+7=213 Now, Mean deviation =6∑i=16xi−213=64−213+7−213+2−213+8−213+6−213+15−213=625+21+29+23+21+217=618=3