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The Wing Station wants the average price of the lunch meal deals to be $8.

What does the price of the chicken wings need to be for this to happen?

The Wing Station wants the average price of the lunch meal deals to be $8. What does-example-1
User Tang
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The chicken wings need to be 7 dollars
User Haseeb A
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Explanation:

To calculate the mean, we do the the total divided by the number of values. With 6 values, for the average to be 8, the total needs to be 48. The current total is 41, so Chicken Wings needs to be 7, because 48-41=7

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