Showing posts with label Probability and Statistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Probability and Statistics. Show all posts

Friday, July 26, 2013

The mean, the median, and the mode of the five numbers below are all equal. What number does A represent? 1.8 1.6 2.1 1.7 A

sorted: 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1 


Mean = (A+7.2)/5 


the middle choices are 1.7 and 1.8. Test 1.7: 

A=5*1.7-7.2= 1.3 (no because this value leaves us without a mode) 

Testing 1.8: 

A=5*1.8-7.2= 1.8 


A=1.8 

:)