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Average number of minutes talking on a cell phone per day: : : 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 What was the average number of minutes spent talking on a cell phone (nearest tenth)?

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From the table, we can get the following information

number of minutes 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

number of people 3 6 3 0 2 0 1 2

The formula for determining average is expressed as

Average = sum of items/number of items

In this case, we have the number of minutes and the frequency of people that made them. Then

Average = (frequency x number of minutes)/total number of people

Thus,

Total number of people = 3 + 6 + 3 + 0 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 2 = 17

Total number of minutes = 3 * 0 + 10 * 6 + 20 * 3 + 30 * 0 + 40 * 2 + 50 * 0 + 60 * 1 + 70 * 2 = 400

Average = 400/17 = 23.5

The number of people that made more than 50 minutes per day is the sum of those that made 60 minutes and those that made 70 minutes. Thus, we have 1 + 2 = 3

3 people made more than 50 minutes per day

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