Question

ok I know im supposed to know this and I should but how do you find the mean of these numbers?
-12, -9, -14, -39, -49, -49, -18, -43

Answer 1

How many numbers are there?

Answer 2

eight?

Answer 3

Okay, so to get the mean, add up these numbers, and divide the sum by 8.

Answer 4

I did and my answer doesn't match the choices

Answer 5

could you do it again? Maybe you made a mistake in calculations...

Answer 6

ill try. I have the answer im just supposed to explain why I got it wrong the first time

Answer 7

What answer did you get?

Answer 8

29.12 that's the right one. i guessed -49

Answer 9

I see... I got 29.125, so you probably did make a mistake in your method...

Answer 10

yeah I did :D

Answer 11

right then :D