here is a distribution of 6 observations, sorted in ascending order: 3.7,8.2,9.9,11.3,15.6,17.3 the mean of this distribution is 11. what is the value?

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anonymous · Answer

Its the average

anonymous · Answer

do you just subtract the greatest from the least?

anonymous · Answer

Nope i just saw what it seemed like the answer and calculated the average, turned out it was right
Average  of a set of numbers is the sum of all, divided by the # of items
$$\frac{3.7+8.2+9.9+11.3+15.6+17.3}{6}=11$$

anonymous · Answer

oh okay , thanks so  much!