Lynn asked six friends how many cars their parents own. She recorded 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, and 4 cars.
What is the mean absolute deviation of the number of cars? Round to the nearest tenth, if needed.
A.
0.7 cars
B.
1.1 cars
C.
1.4 cars
D.
2 cars
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
what do you think it is ?
OpenStudy (sparrow2):
what absolute deviation means? :)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
IDK
OpenStudy (just_one_last_goodbye):
In my opinion think it's D because mean means add all the numbers together which is 12 and divide by how many numbers where given so 12 divided by 6 is 2 ^_^ Someone please correct if im wrong.
OpenStudy (sparrow2):
it's average
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OpenStudy (just_one_last_goodbye):
so its a decimal?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
so its /D?
OpenStudy (just_one_last_goodbye):
No hold on im checking my work
OpenStudy (anonymous):
okay thanks
OpenStudy (just_one_last_goodbye):
I used my calculator and I got 0.6 making the answer A if we round to the nearest tenth like the question is asking us
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
okay I will put it in and tell you what the answer is k