Mean of given array after removal of K percent of smallest and largest array elements

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

Given an array arr[] and an integer K, the task is to remove K % percent array elements from the smallest and largest array elements and calculate the mean of the remaining array.

Examples:

Input: arr[] = {6, 2, 7, 5, 1, 2, 0, 3, 10, 2, 5, 0, 5, 5, 0, 8, 7, 6, 8, 0}, K = 5
Output: 4.00000
Explanation:
There are 20 elements in the array. Therefore, 5% of 20 is 1. Therefore, 1 of the smallest elements (i.e. 0) is removed and 1 element of the largest elements (i.e. 0) is removed. Therefore, mean of the remaining array is 18.

Input: arr[] = {6, 0, 7, 0, 7, 5, 7, 8, 3, 4, 0, 7, 8, 1, 6, 8, 1, 1, 2, 4}, K = 10
Output: 4.31250

Approach:

Sort the array arr[].
Find the size of the array.
Calculate the K-th percent of the size of the array.
Now, add the elements present in the indices K% to (N - 1) - K%.
Finally, find the mean of those elements.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++14

// C++ program for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Function to calculate the mean
// of a given array after removal
// of Kth percent of smallest and
// largest array elements
void meanOfRemainingElements(int arr[],
                             int N, int K)
{
    // Sort the array
    sort(arr, arr + N);

    // Find the K-th percent
    // of the array size
    int kthPercent = (N * K) / 100;
    float sum = 0;

    // Traverse the array
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)

        // Skip the first K-th
        // percent & last K-th
        // percent array elements
        if (i >= kthPercent && i < (N - kthPercent))
            sum += arr[i];

    // Mean of the rest of elements
    float mean = sum
                 / (N - 2 * kthPercent);

    // Print mean upto 5 decimal places
    cout << fixed << setprecision(5) << mean << endl;
}

// Driver Code
int main()
{

    int arr[] = { 6, 2, 7, 5, 1, 2, 0, 3, 10, 2,
                  5, 0, 5, 5, 0, 8, 7, 6, 8, 0 };
    int arr_size = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
    int K = 5;

    meanOfRemainingElements(arr, arr_size, K);

    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program for the above approach
import java.util.*;
public class GFG
{

  // Function to calculate the mean
  // of a given array after removal
  // of Kth percent of smallest and
  // largest array elements
  static void meanOfRemainingElements(int[] arr, int N,
                                      int K)
  {

    // Sort the array
    Arrays.sort(arr);

    // Find the K-th percent
    // of the array size
    int kthPercent = (N * K) / 100;
    float sum = 0f;

    // Traverse the array
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)

      // Skip the first K-th
      // percent & last K-th
      // percent array elements
      if (i >= kthPercent && i < (N - kthPercent))
        sum += arr[i];

    // Mean of the rest of elements
    float mean = (sum / (N - 2 * kthPercent));

    // Print mean upto 5 decimal places
    System.out.format("%.5f", mean);
  }


  // Driver Code
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
    int[] arr = { 6, 2, 7, 5, 1, 2, 0, 3, 10, 2,
                 5, 0, 5, 5, 0, 8, 7, 6, 8,  0 };
    int arr_size = arr.length;
    int K = 5;

    meanOfRemainingElements(arr, arr_size, K);
  }
}

// This code is contributed by jana_sayantan.

Python3

# Python program for the above approach

# Function to calculate the mean
# of a given array after removal
# of Kth percent of smallest and
# largest array elements
def meanOfRemainingElements(arr, N, K):
  
    # Sort the array
    arr.sort()

    # Find the K-th percent
    # of the array size
    kthPercent = (N * K) / 100
    sum = 0

    # Traverse the array
    for i in range(N):

        # Skip the first K-th
        # percent & last K-th
        # percent array elements
        if (i >= kthPercent and i < (N - kthPercent)):
            sum += arr[i]

    # Mean of the rest of elements
    mean = sum/ (N - 2 * kthPercent)

    # Print mean upto 5 decimal places
    print( '%.5f'%mean)

# Driver Code
arr = [ 6, 2, 7, 5, 1, 2, 0, 3, 10, 2, 5, 0, 5, 5, 0, 8, 7, 6, 8, 0 ]
arr_size = len(arr)
K = 5

meanOfRemainingElements(arr, arr_size, K)

# This code is contributed by rohitsingh07052.

// C# program for the above approach
using System;

class GFG {

    // Function to calculate the mean
    // of a given array after removal
    // of Kth percent of smallest and
    // largest array elements
    static void meanOfRemainingElements(int[] arr, int N,
                                        int K)
    {
      
        // Sort the array
        Array.Sort(arr);

        // Find the K-th percent
        // of the array size
        int kthPercent = (N * K) / 100;
        float sum = 0f;

        // Traverse the array
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)

            // Skip the first K-th
            // percent & last K-th
            // percent array elements
            if (i >= kthPercent && i < (N - kthPercent))
                sum += arr[i];

        // Mean of the rest of elements
        float mean = (sum / (N - 2 * kthPercent));

        // Print mean upto 5 decimal places
        Console.WriteLine(Math.Round(mean,5));
    }

    // Driver Code
    public static void Main()
    {
        int[] arr = { 6, 2, 7, 5, 1, 2, 0, 3, 10, 2,
                      5, 0, 5, 5, 0, 8, 7, 6, 8,  0 };
        int arr_size = arr.Length;
        int K = 5;

        meanOfRemainingElements(arr, arr_size, K);
    }
}

// This code is contributed by chitranayal.

JavaScript

<script>

// Javascript program for the above approach

// Function to calculate the mean
// of a given array after removal
// of Kth percent of smallest and
// largest array elements
function meanOfRemainingElements( arr, N, K)
{
    
    // Sort the array
    arr.sort(function(a, b){return a-b});
    
    // Find the K-th percent
    // of the array size
    let kthPercent = Math.floor((N * K) / 100);
    let sum = 0;
    
    // Traverse the array
    for (let i = 0; i < N; i++)

        // Skip the first K-th
        // percent & last K-th
        // percent array elements
        if (i >= kthPercent && i < (N - kthPercent))
            sum += arr[i];
            

    // Mean of the rest of elements
    let mean = sum
                / (N - 2 * kthPercent);
    
    // Print mean upto 5 decimal places
    document.write(mean.toFixed(5));
}


// Driver Code

let arr = [ 6, 2, 7, 5, 1, 2, 0, 3, 10, 2,
                5, 0, 5, 5, 0, 8, 7, 6, 8, 0 ];
let arr_size = arr.length;
let K = 5;

meanOfRemainingElements(arr, arr_size, K);

</script>

Output:

4.00000

Time Complexity: O(N * logN)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

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