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Describe a method for calculating the mean of a set of data explain why the method works

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Add up the total of the set and divide by the number of data points. It works because it is the same as finding the avg.
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well, you take a set of numbers and you find the biggest number and you subtract the smallest number from it. that is the mean and the mean is the average number.
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