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Two students in Ms. Romean's class are working on

finding the mean for the following set of numbers: 2,
12, 16, 4, 18, 24, 32. Susan states that the answer is
15.4 when rounded to the nearest tenth. She added all
of the numbers and divided by 7. Sam disagrees and
thinks the answer is 54. She added all of the numbers
and divided by 2. Which student is correct? How do
you know? Explain your thinking!

1 Answer

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Answer:

susan is correct

Explanation:

2+12+4+18+24+32=108

108 divided by 7=54

my reasoning is that the formula is add all and divide by how many numbers you added

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