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0.10, 1.25, 1.50, 1.50, 1.75, 2.00, 2.00, 2.00, 2.00, 2.00
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document.write( "The MEAN is the ordinary AVERAGE that you learned in \r\n" );
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document.write( "The MEDIAN with an odd number of numbers = the middle \r\n" );
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document.write( "The MEDIAN with an even number of numbers = the average \r\n" );
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document.write( "The MODE is the number which occurs the MOST number of times.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.00 occurs the MOST number of times so \r\n" );
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document.write( "The RANGE = Largest Data Value - Smallest Data Value\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the MODE is the largest price with $2.00\r\n" );
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