document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=62479>Question 62479</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am anew student at this mean mode and median I wish you would show me how to find a missing number I got this problem n,8,18,18,3,6,3 mean=9 How do I find n?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "also this one find n 5,17,5,n,5,4 range=14 mean== </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Mean+=+Sum+of+scores+%2F+Number+of+scores ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Mean+=+Sum+of+scores+%2F+Number+of+scores\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You know the number of scores (count them to get 7) and you know the mean is 9.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange the formula to find the sum of the scores<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Sum+of+scores+=+Mean+%2A+Number+of+scores ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Sum+of+scores+=+Mean+%2A+Number+of+scores\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Substitute the Mean and number of scores into the formula to find the sum of the scores.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Sum+of+scores+=+9+%2A+7+=+63 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Sum+of+scores+=+9+%2A+7+=+63\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Summing 8,18,18,3,6,3 gives a total of 56 so the missing number must be 7.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Question 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The Range is found by subtracting the smallest number from the largest. In this case you have two alternatives; n may be the smallest number in the set or the largest.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If n is the smallest then it would be 3 as 17 - 3 = 14. The mean would be 39 / 6 = 6.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If n is the largest then it would be 18 as 18 - 4 = 14. The mean would be 54 / 6 = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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