163k views
13 votes
Mark recorded the temperature each day for a week.

He calculated the mean temperature and found it was 21.6°C
Mark’s thermometer was not working properly. All seven temperatures were 3° too high.
Write down the correct mean temperature.

User Hyeseong
by
2.7k points

1 Answer

12 votes

Explanation:

130.2/7= 18.6

Before finding the correct form you need to find their total sum and subtract 21 from it since the number of temperature recordings are 7

User Anouar Fadili
by
4.1k points