Answer:
5.75.
Explanation:
The mean = (8+5+7+10+3+4+31+12)/ 8
= 80/8
= 10.
Now we calculate the difference of each value from the mean We take the absolute ( positive) differences
10 - 8 = 2
10 - 5 = 5
10 - 7 = 3
10 - 10 = 0
10-3 = 7
10 = 4 = 6
10 - 31 = 21
10 - 12 = 2
Sum of the differences = 46
and the mean deviation is 46/8 = 5.75.