Question

The mean of the values in a data set is b. If each of the values in the data setwere multiplied by 8, what would be the mean of the resulting data?.A. 7bB. bC. 9bD. 8b

Answer 1

8b

Explanation:

Answer 2

We are told that;

The mean of the values in a data set is b.

When all the terms are multiplied by 8. This will result in;

`New\text{ }Mean=(\Sigma8x)/(n)=8(\Sigma x)/(n)=8\text{ }Old\text{ }mean`

Thus, the new mean will be 8b