Question

Yesterday the price of a can beans at five supermarkets was $2.02, $2.11, $1.99,$2.32, and $2.26, respectively but today each supermarket raised it's price by $0.10. what today's mean price of a can of beans at five supermarkets?

a.2.14
b.2.34
c. 2.24
d.2.04

Answer 1

Answer: C. $2.24

Reasoning: add together all the values + $0.50 ($0.10 for 5 supermarkets), then divide that number with 5 to get the mean or average.

Answer 2

the answer is C

Explanation:

add them all together with the 0.10C increase which gives you 11.2 then divide by the number of different beans which is 5 and it gives you 2.24