$A$ class teacher has the following absentee record of $40$ students of a class for the whole term. Find the mean number of $days$ a student was absent.
$\begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \text{Number of days} & 0-6 & 6-10 & 10-14 & 14-20 & 20-28 & 28-38 & 38-40 \\ \hline \text{Number of students} & 11 & 10 & 7 & 4 & 4 & 3 & 1 \\ \hline \end{array}$

  • A
    $16$
  • B
    $15.5$
  • C
    $12.48$
  • D
    $13.41$

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