document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=311402>Question 311402</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the mean, median and mode of the following numbers: 68,72,50,77,76,68,78,68,50,72,61,74,77,76,69, </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Okay, so first off, the MEAN of a set of numbers is just the average!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, first add all the numbers together.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "68+72+50+77+76+68+50+72+61+74+77+76+69=1,036<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, divide the sum of all the numbers by the amount of numbers that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "were in the list.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,036/15=69.067. That number is the mean.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The MEDIAN is the number in the list that is in the middle in order of least to greatest.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First step is to write the whole list in chronological order.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50,50,61,68,68,68,69,72,72,74,76,76,77,77,78<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, find the middle number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "72 is the middle number, so it is your median!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The MODE is the number that is most frequent. Yours is 68, it occurs three times.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I hope I helped! </SPAN>\n" );
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