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document.write( "The MEAN (ordinary average):\r\n" );
document.write( "The mean is exactly the same thing as the ordinary average \r\n" );
document.write( "that you learned how to find back in elementary or middle\r\n" );
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document.write( "(1) Add up all the numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "60+68+72+78+70+69+70+71=558\r\n" );
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document.write( "(2) Count the numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are 8 numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(3) Divide the sum of all the numbers by the number of numers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "558÷8=69.75    \r\n" );
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document.write( "The mean is 69.75\r\n" );
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document.write( "The MEDIAN (sounds like \"middle\", the number in the middle)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(1) Arrange the numbers in order from smallest to largest\r\n" );
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document.write( "60, 68, 69, 70, 70, 71, 72, 78\r\n" );
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document.write( "(2) If the number of numbers is odd, the median is the \r\n" );
document.write( "middle-sized number.  If the number of numbers in even, \r\n" );
document.write( "the median is the mean of the middle two numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are 8 numbers here, so the median is the average of\r\n" );
document.write( "the middlet two numbers.  These number are both 70. So\r\n" );
document.write( "the mean of 70 and 70 is of course 70.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the median is 70.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The MODE (sounds like \"more\" and \"most\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "60, 68, 69, 70, 70, 71, 72, 78\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are MORE 70's than any other number,\r\n" );
document.write( "so the MODE is 70.\r\n" );
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