Question

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Jack is a farmer and he wants to know the mean weight of all the potatoes in a sack.

He randomly selects 10 potatoes and weighs them. Their weights, to the nearest ounce are 5, 8, 9, 11, 7, 7, 8, 9, 12, and 7.

What is the best estimate of the mean weight of all the potatoes in the sack?



Round to the nearest ounce.

Answer 1

The mean of a dataset is simply the sum of the elements, divided by how many elements you have.

In your case, you have a dataset of 10 elements, so we will divide by 10.

The sum of the elements is

`5+8+9+11+7+7+8+9+12+7=83`

Which implies that the average is

`(83)/(10)=8.3`

Which should be approximated to 8.

Answer 2

Answer: 8.3

Explanation:

Mean is "average"

Add the numbers and divide their sum by the number of potatoes (10).

5 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 11 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 12 + 7

= 20 + 20 + 15 + 28

= 83

83 ÷ 10 = 8.3