document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=338822>Question 338822</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the mean , median and mode of the weights of 10 students (in kg).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40, 52, 34, 47,31, 35, 48, 34, 41, 44.<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 #242893 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=242893\">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( "31,34,34,35,40,41,44,47,48,52\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 10).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the mean is 40.6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Median:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the median, count off about 5 spaces (just take half of the size of the list, which is 10) from the beginning of the list until you hit the middle. Now count count off about 5 spaces from the end of the list until you hit the middle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "31, 34, 34, 35, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%2840%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%2840%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%2841%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%2841%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, 44, 47, 48, 52\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the middle is in between the numbers 40 and 41, add them up and divide that sum by 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the median is 40.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mode:\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 34 repeats itself 2 times (which is more frequent than any other number), the mode is 34\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the mode is 34 </SPAN>\n" );
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