document.write( "Question 566844: what is the mean of 80+83+79+86 \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The mean is the sum of the data divided by the number of data points. The problem is the way that you represented your data. You wrote 80+83+79+86 which is really only one number. So if you really meant \"What is the mean of 80, 83, 79, and 86, then sum the 4 numbers and divide by 4. But if you meant exactly what you wrote, only divide by 1.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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