Practicing Success
Based on the data given in the following table, find the arithmetic- mean of the number of major meals that included a potato based dish, which the 39 students surveyed had eaten in a week.
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7 5 6 8 |
6 |
Mean = \(\frac{ 1×3 + 2×2 + 3×2 + 4×5+5×5+6×4+7×6+8×3+9×5+10×3+11×1}{39}\) = \(\frac{3 + 4 + 6 + 20 + 25 + 24 + 42 + 24 + 45 + 30 + 11 }{39}\) = \(\frac{234}{39}\) = 6 |