document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1076269>Question 1076269</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> we are doing mean mode median and all that and im stuck on this one <BR>\n" );
document.write( "five sisters all do volunteer work. last month they did volunteer work for a mean of 16hours four of them worked fr 16, 18, 12, and 14 hours how many hours did the fifth sister work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "please help me i have been struggling with this  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #690930 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=690930\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The mean is the average, it is the sum divided by the number of entries<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here you have 5 entries: 16,18,12,14, and x. The unknown x is for the 5th sister. So you add them up and solve for x:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16+18+12+14+x = 60+x now divide by 5:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60+x/5 = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60+x = 80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(16+18+12+14+20)/5 = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80/5 = 16 Correct<BR>\n" );
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