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The students in a class are surveyed to find out how many siblings they have. The data is displayed in a frequency table:

Calculate the mean number of siblings, to three significant figures.

The students in a class are surveyed to find out how many siblings they have. The-example-1
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Answer:

  • 1.52

Explanation:

The mean number of siblings:

  • (0*5 + 1*10 + 2*8 + 3*2 + 4*1 + 5*1)/(5 + 10 + 8 + 2 + 1 + 1) =
  • 41 /27 =
  • 1.52 (rounded)
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