SOLUTION: how do you find the average?for example, On the girl's basketball team,the starting players are 6ft-1in,6ft,5ft-8in,5ft-7in,and 5ft-5in.What is their average height?

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Question 10790: how do you find the average?for example, On the girl's basketball team,the starting players are 6ft-1in,6ft,5ft-8in,5ft-7in,and 5ft-5in.What is their average height?

Answer by WannabeCAgirl83(35) About Me  (Show Source):
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You add the height of all the players together and divide the result by the number of players.

In your example the sum of the players' height is 28ft-9in or 345 inches, and there are 5 players, so you divide 345 by 5, and your result is 69 inches or 5ft-9in → That's the average players height.