Question

A patient records her sodium intake for 5 days. The amounts are 2150 mg, 1930 mg, 3005 mg, 2700 mg, and 2315 mg. What is the patient's average daily intake of sodium?

Answer 1

The average intake is: 2420mg

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

`Intakes: 2150 mg,\ 1930 mg,\ 3005 mg,\ 2700 mg,\ 2315 mg.`

`n= 5`

Required

Determine the average intake

To do this, we simply calculate the average using:

`\bar x = (\sum x)/(n)`

`\bar x = (2150mg + 1930mg + 3005mg + 2700mg + 2315mg)/(5)`

`\bar x = (12100mg)/(5)`

`\bar x = 2420mg`