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Find the mean for the following numbers and do not round your answer to the nearest whole number: 38 18.05 25 26 46

a. 30.61
b. 32.14
c. 23.74
d. 21.45

User Beatleman
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In order to find the mean we have to first add the numbers up:


38+18.05+25+26+46=153.05

Then the next step is to know how many numbers we have (5 numbers)

the we divided the sum by the number of numbers:

153.05/5=30.61


so a) is the correct answer!

User Mbethke
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