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Jocelyn has 6 birds. Their mean age is 10. The mode is 8. What might their ages be?

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Math - Reiny Monday, April 11, 2016 at 10:45pmtotal ages = 60
Generally, if the mode is 8 would mean there are more than one age of 8
suppose there are two with age 8,
leaving 44 for the other 4
(11 for the average of the remaining 4)

could have 9 and 13, and 8 and 14

so we could have:
8,8,8,9,13,14

or we could have:
8,8,9,10,12,13

check:of the 1st answer
mean = (8+8+8+9+13+14)/6 = 10
the mode is 8

you check the 2nd case
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