Question

What is the absolute deviation for 62 in the data set?

{80, 75, 25, 62, 68}

0

5

6

62

Answer 1

Explanation:

k12 unit test answers 1-5

Answer 2

Step 1: Find the mean
(80+75+25+62+68)/5
310/5
62
Step 2: Find the distance of each number from value
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| 80 | 18 |
| 75 | 13 |
|+ 25 | 37 |
| 62 | 0 |
| 68 | 6 |
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Step 3: find the mean of the distances
18+13+37+0+6/5
14.8