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Each of 5 students reported the number of movies they saw in the past year. Here is what they reported.8, 15, 9, 16, 7Find the mean number of movies that the students saw.If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth.movies

Each of 5 students reported the number of movies they saw in the past year. Here is-example-1
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Given:

8, 15, 9, 16, 7

The number of data is 5.

Recall that the formula for mean is


\text{Mean}=\frac{The\text{ sum of the data}}{\text{The number of the data}}
\text{Mean}=(8+15+9+16+7)/(5)


\text{Mean}=(55)/(5)=11

Hence the mean=11.

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