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Look at the colours below. Write a

sentence saying whether or not it is
possible to find
a) their mean.
b) their median.
c) their mode.
purple
blue
purple
red
green purple
blue
red

Look at the colours below. Write a sentence saying whether or not it is possible to-example-1
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a) It is possible to find the mean of the given colors.

b) It is possible to find the median of the given colors.

c) It is possible to find the mode of the given colors.

How to calculate the mean

To calculate the mean, assign numerical values to the colors (e.g., purple = 1, blue = 2, red = 3, green = 4) and calculate the average.

Thus; we have

Purple: 1, 1, 1

Blue: 2, 2

Green: 4

Red: 3, 3

Put the numbers together

1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3

Mean = 1+1+1+2+2+4+3+3 = 14/ 8

Mean = 1.75

To find the median, arrange the colors in ascending or descending order and find the middle value.

1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4

Median = (2 + 2)/2 = 4/2

Median = 2

To determine the mode, identify the color that appears most frequently in the list.

The colour that appear most frequently is 1

Thus; the mode is 1

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