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Question 616342: I really hope that I have the right place for my questions... if I don't I am really sorry. The name of my lesson is Descriptive statistics. my question is if I have the terms 14, 6, 17 ,15,12, 22, and 19 what term do I add to this sequence to have a mean of 17? I have tried the equation +.5n%2A%28n%2B1%29+ and I got 36 but that doesn't give me the mean 17. What equation do I use?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Mean = (Sum of the values)/(Number of values)

17 = (14+6+17+15+12+22+19+x)/8

17 = (105+x)/8

17*8 = 105+x

136 = 105+x

136-105 = x

31 = x

x = 31

So you need to add 31 to the list.