Glencoe Math: Course 3, Volume 2
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4. Descriptive Statistics
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Exercise 8 Page 706

The mean is the mathematical average.

A

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We want to find the mean of the given data set. 25,28,36,21,28,15,24,30 The mean of a data set is calculated by finding the sum of all of the values in the set and then dividing by the number of values in the set. In this case, there are 8 values.

Mean=Sum of values/Number of values
Mean=25+28+36+21 +28+15+24+30/8
Mean=207/8
Mean=25.875
Mean≈25.9

The mean of the set is 25.9, correct to the nearest tenth. This result corresponds to answer A.