Question

In the last six months, Sonia's family used 529, 499, 651, 652, 1,163, and 310 minutes on their cell phone plan. To save money, Sonia's family wants to keep their mean cell phone usage below 600 minutes per month.

By how many minutes did they go over their goal in the last six months?

Answer 1

They went over their goal for the last six months by 34 minutes per month.

Explanation:

Mean of a data-set:

The mean of a data-set is the sum of all values in the data-set divided by the size of the data-set.

529, 499, 651, 652, 1,163, and 310 minutes on their cell phone plan.

The mean is:

`M = (529+499+651+652+1163+310)/(6) = 634`

By how many minutes did they go over their goal in the last six months?

The mean was of 634 minutes, and they wanted to keep it below 600. So

634 - 600 = 34

They went over their goal for the last six months by 34 minutes per month.