SOLUTION: Complete. Seafloor rocks from a secret area above the Artic Circle were recently analyzed by Z-Globe. The company had a contract with Spacegov.biz tot est the rocks for nickel.

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Question 150384: Complete.
Seafloor rocks from a secret area above the Artic Circle were recently analyzed by Z-Globe. The company had a contract with Spacegov.biz tot est the rocks for nickel. Z-Globe found that six samples from the first location were composed of an average of 8.16% nickel. Ten samples from the second location yielded an average of 6.76% nickel. What was the overall average nickel content of the rock samples? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. (Remember it is not the average of the two averages.)
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Z-Globe found that six samples from the first location were composed of an average of 8.16% nickel. Ten samples from the second location yielded an average of 6.76% nickel. What was the overall average nickel content of the rock samples? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
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Av = %286%288.16%29+%2B+10%286.76%29%29%2F16
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Av = %2848.96+%2B+67.60%29%2F16
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Av = 116.56%2F16
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Av = 7.285 ~ 7.29%