document.write( "Question 1188382: The fat content for seven different sandwiches at a restaurant is 42, 61, 13, 9, 12, 42, and 62. Find the mean, median and mode of the fat contents.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #819468 by Edwin McCravy(20067) You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "Add them all up, then since there are 6 numbers, divide by 6. What you get will\r\n" ); document.write( "be the mean. (Just remember that the mean is the same thing as the ordinary\r\n" ); document.write( "average).\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "List the numbers from smallest to largest. Take just the two that are right in the\r\n" ); document.write( "middle, ignoring all the others. Add those two numbers and divide by 2. That will\r\n" ); document.write( "be the median. (Remember that the median on a highway is right in the middle of\r\n" ); document.write( "the highway, and the median of a data set is right in the middle of the data set.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Look through the numbers and see if you can find one number that occurs more\r\n" ); document.write( "times than any other. If so, that is the mode. (Remember that \"mode\", \"more\",\r\n" ); document.write( "and \"most\" all start with \"mo\" and the mode is the number that occurs more than\r\n" ); document.write( "any other, which is the most number of times.)\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |