Question

Trick Question or Not?? A store manager timed Janette to see how long it would take her to fold and put away a sweater, a shirt, a pair of pants, and a scarf. It took her 26.1 seconds for the shirt, 24.3 seconds for the sweater, 32.8 seconds for the pants, and 18.2 seconds for the scarf. What was the average time it took Janette to fold and put away all four items?

Answer 1

25.4 seconds

Answer 2

It took Janette an average of 25.4 minutes to fold and put away all the clothes.

Explanation:

To find the average, you must first add all the values together. Then you divide that total by the number of values you had. In this case, when I added everything together I got 101.4 minutes and when I divided by 4 (the number of values) I got 25.35 minutes, or 25.4 minutes.

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