document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=388418>Question 388418</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A company had sales of $500,000 in 1996 and sales of $720,000 in 1998. Use the midpoint formula to find the company's sales in 1997.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question is asking you to basically find the mean of the data:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mean=(Data 1+ Data 2)/(divided)Number of data\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Our data here are $500,000 and $720,000, so here is the equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Company's sales in 1997(mean)=($500,000+$720,000)/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                             =$1,220,000/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                             =$610,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the company's sales in 1997 were worth $610,000 (estimation)<BR>\n" );
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