Question

Find the population mean or sample mean as indicated. Sample: 17, 12, 7, 10, 9 - Select the correct choice below

and fill in the answer box to complete your choice. O A. H = O B. X=

Answer 1

11

Explanation:

a "mean" is an average of a data set.

you can find this by adding all terms together (17 + 12 + 7 + 10 + 9)

and then dividing by the total number of terms (in this case, 5)

so, your equation would be (17 + 12 + 7 + 10 + 9 = 55) 55 / 5

55 / 5 = 11

so, for this example, 11 would be the mean

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further explanation:

if the concept of adding terms and dividing to get an average is confusing, try thinking about it with fewer terms,

so the average of 2 and 4 is halfway (1/2) between them. so, 2+4 (6) / 2 = 3

3 is midway between

so, lets say we want to find the average of 3 numbers, like 2, 4, and 6. we want to find the number in between all of these. so like we did for the previous, add 2+4+6 (12) and divide by 3 [# of terms) to get 4.

hope this helps!