Question

I Will Medal And Fan! I need explanation AND answer!


A group of
8
students was asked, "How many hours did you watch television last week?" Here are their responses.
7, 10, 12, 17, 9, 16, 14, 12
Find the mean number of hours for these students.
If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Add up all those numbers first

Answer 2

7+10=?

Answer 3

17

Answer 4

17+12=?

Answer 5

@pooja195 knows you add the numbers and divide by the number of people that watched TV

Answer 6

@BPDlkeme234 i know.

Answer 7

29

Answer 8

29+17

Answer 9

46

Answer 10

46+9=?

Answer 11

@TheForgottenDogs sum up all the numbers given

Answer 12

7+10+12+17+9+16+14+12

Answer 13

Then divide by the total amount of numbers you have
1=7
2=10
3=12 etc
I count 8 numbers

Answer 14

so 7+10 + 12 +17+ 9 + 6 +14 + 12 = 87

Answer 15

Why are you doing the work for them?

Answer 16

Example, giving an example

Answer 17

I'm sorry, I only now realised you are a qualified helper, I will exit here!

Answer 18

lol that means nothing u did a good job but it would have been better if u let the asker do the work next time so that they understand :)

Answer 19

my sincere apologies @pooja195

Answer 20

its ok :) you did a good job!

Answer 21

I don't get it, i'll just look it up

Answer 22

@TheForgottenDogs what is the average of 2 apples and 5 apples?

Answer 23

@TheForgottenDogs it is the toal number of apples divided by the number of apples

Answer 24

The formula for the average = total number of objects (or numbers)/total amount of objects(numbers)