Find the mean for the given sample data. Unless indicated otherwise, round your answer to one more decimal place than is present in the original data values.
-Andrew asked seven of his friends how many cousins they had. The results are listed below. Find the mean number of cousins. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l }
16 & 11 & 4 & 9 & 5 & 2 & 8
\end{array}$$
A) 9.4 cousins
B) 9.2 cousins
C) 7.9 cousins
D) 7.4 cousins

Question

Find the mean for the given sample data. Unless indicated otherwise, round your answer to one more decimal place than is present in the original data values.
-Andrew asked seven of his friends how many cousins they had. The results are listed below. Find the mean number of cousins. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l } 
16 & 11 & 4 & 9 & 5 & 2 & 8
\end{array}$$
A) 9.4 cousins
B) 9.2 cousins
C) 7.9 cousins
D) 7.4 cousins

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The mean is calculated by summing all the values and dividing by the number of values: (16 + 11 + 4 + 9 + 5 + 2 + 8) / 7 = 55 / 7 = 7.857, rounded to one decimal place is 7.9.

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