Question

These values have an average of six. What is the average distance of those values from the average of six? Values: 0, 2, 4, 8, 16 a) 6 b) 4 c) 5 d) 7

Answer 1

To solve this question, we begin by finding the distance of each value from the average of 6.

Here's how we calculate:

1. Subtract the average (6) from each value in the list: [0, 2, 4, 8, 16] and find the absolute value of each result, which is the distance of each number from the average.

- The distance of 0 from 6 is |0-6| = 6
- The distance of 2 from 6 is |2-6| = 4
- The distance of 4 from 6 is |4-6| = 2
- The distance of 8 from 6 is |8-6| = 2
- The distance of 16 from 6 is |16-6| = 10

2. Now we calculate the average distance from the average. Add the distances together and divide by the total number of distances to get the average distance.

- (6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 10)/5 = 24/5 = 4.8

So, the average distance of the numbers: 0, 2, 4, 8, 16 from the average 6 is 4.8.