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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I Will Medal And Fan Best Answer! I need explanation AND answer! Each of 7 students reported the number of movies they saw in the past year. Here is what they reported. 4, 6, 20, 14, 12, 11, 12 Find the mean number of movies that the students saw. If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

add up the numbers then divide the result by 7

OpenStudy (anonymous):

11

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thats wrong. So I don't get it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@satellite73

OpenStudy (phi):

what did you get for the sum of the numbers?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

11

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if its divided

OpenStudy (anonymous):

otherwise its 79

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I used a calculator to see, but it still was wrong

OpenStudy (phi):

ok, then 79/7 = 11.2857... they want you to round to the nearest 10th that means look at the decimal part 0.28 and look at the number in the 100ths part, (the 8). if 5 or bigger, (it is!), round the tenths digit (the 2) up to 3

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