document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=195615>Question 195615</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Someone, please help!  I am about to pull my hair out. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the mean, median, and mode for the following set of data which shows the number of pages per article in a random sample of magazine articles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6	7	5	4	7	5	5	7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8	5	3	6	8	9	5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #146704 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=146704\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First sort the numbers into ascending order (from least to greatest):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3,4,5,5,5,5,5,6,6,7,7,7,8,8,9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the mean, add up all of the numbers and divide the sum by the number of numbers (which in this case is 15).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the mean is 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the median, count off about 7 spaces(it's close to half of the size of the list) until you hit the middle number. Now count count off about 7 spaces from the end of the list until you hit the middle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%286%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%286%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Median=6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the median is 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: the mean does not always equal the median\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the mode, simply look for any repeating numbers. If there is one number that occurs more frequently than any other number, then that number is the mode.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 5 repeats itself 5 times (which is more frequent than any other number), the mode is 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the mode is 5 </SPAN>\n" );
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