Algebra 1 : Algebra 1

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Example Questions

Example Question #125 : Statistics And Probability

Find the mean of the following dataset:  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mean is the sum of all the numbers or variables existent in the data set divided by the number of terms in the dataset.

Add all four terms and combine like terms.

Divide this value by four.

The average is:  

Example Question #121 : How To Find Mean

Find the mean of the dataset:  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mean is the sum of all numbers divided by the total numbers in the dataset.

Add the numbers.

Divide this number by four.

Example Question #122 : How To Find Mean

Find the mean: 4 4 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 14 2

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The sum of every data point is 51. There are 17 data points. 51 divided by 17 is 3.

Example Question #123 : How To Find Mean

Find the mean of the following set of numbers.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve, simply sum the numbers and divide by the quantity. Thus,

Example Question #129 : Statistics And Probability

Find the mean:  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mean is the sum of all numbers in the set divided by the total of numbers in the set.

In order to add these numbers, we will need to choose a conversion for all numbers.  Let's choose decimal for simplicity.

Convert  to a decimal.

Convert  to a decimal.  Remove the percentage and move the decimal place back two spaces.

Add the numbers.

Divide this number by the total number in the set, .

The mean is:  

Example Question #131 : How To Find Mean

Find the mean of the following set of numbers:

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None

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the mean, simply add the numbers and divide by their quantity. Thus,

Example Question #132 : Statistics And Probability

Find the mean:  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mean is the sum of all numbers in the set divided by the total of numbers in the set.

Add all the percentages.

Divide the percentage by three.

The value of  is equivalent to  or .

The answer is .

Example Question #133 : Statistics And Probability

What is the class average if the students have the following scores?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The problem is asking us to solve for the class average. This is another term for mean. In order to find the mean, we need to add up all of the numbers and divide by the number of numbers given. 

When we count the number of scores given, we can see there are 13. Therfore, we must divide 1047 by 13 to achieve our final answer. 

Example Question #134 : Statistics And Probability

Tom is driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco. During his drive, he cruise controlled his car for an hour at different speeds. These speeds were 

What was his average speed when he was cruise controlling?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The problem is asking us to solve for the average speed Tom drove. This is another term for mean. In order to find the mean, we need to add up all of the numbers and divide by the number of numbers given. 

When we count the number of time he cruise controlled his car, we can see there are 5. Therfore, we must divide 388 by 5 to achieve our final answer. 

Example Question #135 : Statistics And Probability

Find the mean:  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The mean is the sum of all numbers in the set divided by the total of numbers in the set.

Add all the percentages.

Divide the percentage by three.

The value of  is equivalent to .

The answer is .

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