SOLUTION: When you add the values 3, 5, 8, 12, and 20 and then divide by the number of values, the result is 9.6. Which term best describes this value: average, mean, median, mode, or standa

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Question 375836: When you add the values 3, 5, 8, 12, and 20 and then divide by the number of values, the result is 9.6. Which term best describes this value: average, mean, median, mode, or standard deviation?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Summing the values and dividing by the number of values gives you the average.