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The ages of the members of a family are 46, 48, 21, 12, 15, and 8. what is the mean age?

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mean means to average. in order to average, add all the numbers then divide by how many numbers you have.

All these ages add up to 150. because there are 7 ages, divide by 7. this is 21.4 which can be rounded to about 21

46 + 48 + 21 + 12 + 15 + 8 = 150
150 ÷ 7= 21.4285 = 21
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