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A pet store has 7 cats. Here are their weights (in pounds). 14, 12, 9, 13, 14, 7, 13 Find the mean weight of these cats. If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth. pounds X S ? 0

A pet store has 7 cats. Here are their weights (in pounds). 14, 12, 9, 13, 14, 7, 13 Find-example-1
User Martin Zeltin
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ANSWER:

11.7 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:


14,12,9,13,14,7,13

To find:

The mean

We can go ahead and determine the mean weight as seen below;


\begin{gathered} Mean=\frac{sum\text{ of all weights}}{number\text{ of weights}} \\ \\ =(14+12+9+13+14+7+13)/(7) \\ \\ =(82)/(7) \\ \\ =11.7\text{ pounds} \end{gathered}

Therefore, the mean weight is 11.7 pounds

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